Dot Artwork by Kindergarteners

Vibrant abstract painting with concentric circles featuring the word "GRACE" in the center, surrounded by various dots. This captivating artwork incorporates elements of dot art, creating a dynamic and engaging visual experience.

This is one of my favorite lessons and is a great way to start off the year. Many of you have seen the book The Dot and this lesson is inspired by that book.

There is a cute animated video from the book that you can see here and there is a whole website about the International Dot Day which is September 15.

Abstract dot artwork features various sized colorful circles overlapping on a white background, creating a vibrant and playful composition akin to the creativity often seen in kindergarteners.

The kindergarteners start by tracing lids on colored paper and cutting out the circles. They are glued on to paper. This is a good first project to gauge skill levels for cutting, tracing and gluing. Emphasize neatness, overlapping and layering.

This abstract artwork showcases colorful dots and circles of various sizes on a white background, ideal for art projects or inspiring young kindergarteners.

During the next class period, the kindergarteners use markers to add dots to their picture.

Finally, use paint dotters to stamp additional embellishment.

A child's drawing with colorful dots and three large overlapping circles labeled "ANA" at the top showcases kindergarteners' creativity in dot artwork. Abstract dot artwork with colorful concentric circles on a white background, featuring yellow, orange, red, and brown hues.

I love how the pictures all turn out so different, even though they are just composed of dots and circles.

Children's abstract art: concentric shapes in bright pink, blue, yellow; dot clusters in various colors around the shapes. This dot artwork brilliantly captures kindergarteners' creativity.

Colorful abstract artwork with various sized circles in yellow, green, red, purple, and pink, featuring smaller dots reminiscent of dot artwork.

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7 Responses to Dot Artwork by Kindergarteners

Megan Steinlage says:

September 10, 2013 at 7:50 am

LOVE this lesson! Thank you so much for sharing. I am always looking for Kindergarten lessons (it doesn’t come intuitively for me). Stop by my new blog and take a look! http://steinlageartblog.edublogs.org/

Rina says:

September 13, 2013 at 1:57 am

Hi Marsha
What a wonderful project. I also love how different each artwork looks.

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swapna says:

May 21, 2015 at 6:51 am

Such a wonderful project! I’m browsing through your paint related posts, interesting stuff

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Julie C. Doepken says:

September 22, 2016 at 4:16 pm

I was excited to find this idea. My Dot Day celebrations had to be on hold a bit this year, so I’ll be doing this next week with my kindy classes at my library.