The Dot: Make Your Mark!

Today's challenge all began with a book called The Dot! This book encourages children to embrace their own creativity and uniqueness and take a risk! It encourages kids to make a positive mark on the world! 

Using dots and paper strips, plus heaps of creativity, we made spectacular 3D art!

Such colorful, joyful dots! 

Keep making your mark on the world, kiddos! You are amazing little humans who will change the world!

Make Your Mark!

 This week we celebrated International Dot Day!

What is Dot Day, you ask?  It all starts with a book by Peter H. Reynolds, called The Dot! This book encourages children to embrace their own creativity and uniqueness and take a risk! It is celebrated on September 15th-ish and encourages kids to make a positive mark on the world!

Creative juices got flowing and we designed brightly coloured dots ... and then brought them to life! Using the augmented reality app QuiverVision we made our dots 3-D! (think Pokemon Go). Check the bottom of your child's art page for directions on how to download the app and make magic!

Feeling inspired, we kept our creativity flowing as the children set to work making their mark! Using dots and paper strips, plus heaps of creativity, we made spectacular 3D art!

Such colorful, joyful dots!

Keep making your mark on the world, kiddos! You are amazing little humans who will change the world!

Making Our Mark!

We love, love, LOVE reading books, and this week a brand new Peter Reynolds book was released, Say Something! Mr. Reynolds is an inspiring children's author and illustrator who creates stories with an important message. 





You'll never believe it, but over the weekend while our librarian Mrs. Nixon was visiting his Blue Bunny bookstore in Massachusetts, Peter himself bumped into Mrs. Nixon! Look what we have here at Jean Vanier now! Eeeeeek!

Excited by this special new book, Mrs. Beliveau declared our very own "Peter Reynolds day"! Here are a few favourites from our library that we are enjoying:

One of Mr. Reynolds' classic stories is called The Dot! The Dot encourages children to embrace their own creativity and take a risk. 

Feeling inspired, the children set to work making their mark! Using dots and paper strips, plus heaps of creativity, we made spectacular 3D art!

Such colourful, joyful dots!

Keep making your mark, kids! You are ALL God's masterpiece!

It's Not A Rash, It's Dots!

Guess what!?! It's International Dot Week!!!!

Feeling boggled? Not sure what that is? 

It all starts with a book by Peter H. Reynolds, called The Dot! This book encourages children to embrace their own creativity and take a risk! Why not watch it with your child below?




We joined in with students from ALL AROUND THE WORLD to watch a live stream of Mr. Reynolds himself reading the book! Neato!

Creative juices got flowing and we designed brightly coloured dots ... and then brought them to life! Using the augmented reality app QuiverVision we made our dots 3-D! (think Pokemon Go). Check the bottom of your child's art page for directions on how to download the app and make magic!

It's beautiful, but you should see it in 3D!

The children were then tasked with a challenge! Following multi-step directions and with fine motor-skills warmed up, the kids made dot-tastic designs!

Art project inspired by Theresa Wells-Taylor

Keep making your mark, kids!