Happy International Dot Day 2017! International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009.
If you are unfamiliar with the book, please find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mGeR4AQdM
Inspired by The Dot and the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy, students respectfully harvested materials from the school garden to create their own "Nature Dots". It was amazing to see the different processes students engaged in, either starting from a center "dot" and expanding outwards, or creating an outer "ring" and filling in the centre. After completing their first piece, students were challenged to use the opposite process, and the results were incredible:
All the Nature Dots will be on show during our Open House on September 21st. Hope to see you there!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
