Dots

This week, pre-k children explored dots in our environment, both natural and human-made, inspired by the story The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds.  The children worked on small motor skills and spatial awareness by cutting and gluing dots to create ladybugs. The children were also introduced to Wassily Kandinsky, an artist who was known to hear colors, in art class with Ms. Angela. They experimented with watercolors and painting concentric dots. 

We stuck with our dots theme throughout the week, and the children explored what they could do with 30 dots. After discovering they each had 30 dots total, we explored how we could group them. We counted by ones, twos, and discovered we could count by threes,   

“We can not count by fours.” E

said. Yet we could create equal sets of fives and sixes! 

“I have two sets of 15!” HC 

                                                                        "I have six sets of five!" 

Racing to 25 with die and dots! 

                                       

                                                             Studying a world of shapes.