@The Arts Unit Creative Classes

The Dot

Teacher notes

Create artworks inspired by the book 'The Dot'

Student visual arts resource developed by The Arts Unit

Preschool and Kindergarten visual arts resource

What will your students learn?

Your students will:

  • listen to the story 'The Dot' by Peter H Reynolds

  • create artworks of real and imagined things inspired by the story

  • sing a song with simple actions.

Syllabus outcomes

The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

4.1: Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination, and reflexivity.

4.3: Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.

Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators

5.1: Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes.

5.2: Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media.

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus

Visual arts

  • VAES1.1: makes simple pictures and other kinds of artworks about things and experiences.

  • VAS1.1: makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things.

Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students

You might be interested in joining in International Dot Day with your class.

Collection of student work

  • Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

  • Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.

  • MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.

  • Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

  • Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

  • Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.

The Dot - @The Arts Unit Creative Classes.docx

Would you like to promote your school and showcase your students' work as a result of engaging in this Creative Class?

Help us celebrate the fantastic work of NSW public school students by emailing photos or videos that you have permission to share and comments on how your students enjoyed the class to digital.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au.

Please include the Creative Class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media and our website.

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