Flipgrid Chat--Make Your Mark!

  Artist Focus: Georges Seurat 

(Pointillism)  
K-2--Click​ ​HERE​ for a short video 
about his painting. (Length: 2:26) 
Bring Your Own  3-5--Click H
​ ERE​ for a video about 
Dot to Life Using Quiver!  his painting. (Video Length: 7:21) 
Click ​HERE​ for a YouTube video  Click on the painting to learn more 
explaining how to use the Quiver    about Seurat! 
app.  Click the Flipgrid icon to visit the 
Click H
​ ERE​ for your own copy of  Dot Day Flipgrid and make a short 
  video about how you can “make 
the coloring sheet for this activity. 
Click on the​​↑​ ↑​
book cover​ to  Click H
​ ERE​ to check out the 
your mark” on the world. 
Podcast:​ “Benjamin Makes a   
​ he Dot​ by Peter Reynolds, 
listen to T Quiver app and see your dot come  Click ​HERE​ for a fun dot painting 
to life!  Splash With His Abstract Art” 
told by Pat Malley.   (Inspiration to “make your mark”)  activity with Q-tips. Post a picture of 
  your own art in ​this Padlet​.  

Social Media Connection:  Interview with the Author--Peter H. 

You and your parents can share 
your art and Dot Day fun with 
Dot Day Digital  Reynolds 
Video Interview 
Common Questions About T ​ he Dot 
others using these links!  
  Choice Board   
Write a letter to the author! 
#dotday #makeyourmark  A compilation of activities for Newport Elementary 
School students and families (K-5)  Click H
​ ERE​ to send him an email. 
Click on the links to take you to different  OR 
activities! You may post your work in your  Here is his address to 
Seesaw journal or Google Classroom so  send a real letter the 
  old-fashioned way! 
instagram.com/internationaldotday  we know you are finished with an activity! 
 
  This includes your art, videos, or other  Peter H. Reynolds 
facebook.com/internationaldotday  activities.  c/o The Blue Bunny 
  Click H​ ERE​ to hear the Dot Day song.   577 High St. 
twitter.com/dotclubconnect   Dedham, MA 02026 USA 
Click​ HERE​ for printable resources and activities! 

#wormholechallenge  Google Drawing Dot Art  Bring Your Dot to Life with 
Use the ​Google Drawing App​ to  Chatterpix! 
create your own dot art.  Using the Chatterkids App on an 
(example below)  iPad or iPhone to snap a photo of 
your dot art and then bring it to 
life! You can add a face and then 
use your voice to make your 
drawing “talk”! Click the video below 
    for more info.​ (free on Apple App 
Click the video above to draw a dot  Click the video above to learn how  Store) 
picture with Peter Reynolds!  to create a greenscreen dot movie 
in iMovie (on an iPad or iPhone). 
Share your videos H ​ ERE​. 
For step-by-step directions with 
 
pictures, click H
​ ERE​. 
 

 
 
References​: 
 
Big Life Journal. (2020, April 24). B​ enjamin Makes a Splash With His Abstract Art | Big Life Kids Podcast​. Big Life Kids Podcast. 
https://shows.acast.com/the-big-life-kids-podcast/episodes/episode-26 
 
Duck Duck Moose. (2013, November 21). ​ChatterPix by Duck Duck Moose - Make Anything Talk!​ [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBS9NyFV08  
 
Five Questions (Plus One!) with Peter H. Reynolds​. (2016, March 25). [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JtwgQ0dodQ  
 
Flanagan, E. (2019, August 27). ​Dot Day Green Screen Art Project on iMovie​. Erintegration. 
https://www.erintegration.com/2019/08/27/dot-day-green-screen-art-project-on-imovie/  
 
Get to the Point: Georges Seurat and Pointillism- Part 1​. (2011, February 27). [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DX5MhkfYQ&t=314s  
 
IT WORKED: International Dot Day | Quiver AR. ​(2018, September 12). [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn0tjJlG6yM  
 
Pointillism with Q-Tips! #MakeArtVirtual​. (2020, March 18). [Video]. YouTube. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xER0Bn81v4M  
 
Pointillism: How to Paint Spot-On Like Georges Seurat | Art with Mati and Dada. (2017, August 22). [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-JePM8Ia8Q   
 
Ready Set Draw-ish! Peter H. Reynolds’ THE DOT​. (2016, September 5). [Video]. YouTube. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDqSZXV13dQ&t=215s  
 
​ eter H. Reynolds: The Dot Questions & Answers​. ​Http://www.Peterhreynolds.Com/Dot/Dot_QandA.Html  
Reynolds, P. H. (2011). P
 
The Dot​. (2010, January 4). [Video]. YouTube. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mGeR4AQdM  
 
The Dot Song​. (2014, August 26). [Video]. YouTube. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQMhdYJhsA  
 
The Reynolds Center. (n.d.). ​International Dot Day Handbook​. The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning & Creativity. 
Retrieved July 10, 2020, from ​https://www.reynoldstlc.org/international-dot-day-handbook