Nursery World - EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… dots

Story The Dot has inspired children in Burnley to become little artists, writes Annette Rawstrone

It’s all gone dotty at Rosegrove Nursery School in Burnley, Lancashire. The children and staff have had spots before their eyes as they have explored dots and spots through investigating different artists, mark-making, experiments and even wearing spotty clothes, all inspired by reading The Dot by Peter H Reynolds.

In the story, Vashti is a girl who believes she can’t draw. Her teacher suggests that she ‘make a mark and see where it takes you’. This is the start of her drawing elaborate, colourful dots and realising she is indeed an artist. The book was also the starting point for staff, encouraged by a workshop run by consultant Shonette Bason Wood, to encourage more of the children to start mark-making, and set everyone off on a dotty adventure.

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