Activity Corner – Pointillism & Georges Seurat
Today is Georges Seurat’s birthday! Best known for his work in pointillism, Seurat’s focus on color is greatly appreciated by the art world. And seeing as polka dots are one of my favorite patterns for clothing, I wanted to share some fun books and activities that highlight dots! Whether your child doesn’t see themselves as an artist or you’re just looking for something fun to do, the activities below are a great way to learn more about an entire art movement, experience the style, and even create a masterpiece of your own!
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Book List
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Fantastic Frames: Splat! Another Messy Sunday by Lin Oliver, illustrated by Smantha Kallis
- Sunday with Seurat by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Suzanne Bober
- Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
Activity Corner
- Make Your Own Dot – Literacious
International Dot Day is celebrated every year on September 15th! But, what’s stopping you from having yoru own dot day whenever you want? We did a whole program around Dot Day at my library, check out all the fun activities we did! - Pointillism for Preschool – Giggly
The easiest way to start teaching kids about art styles? Let them try them out! And pointillism is great because it’s so easy for even little ones to experience. All you need is some finger paint and imagination, and of course some cute little fingers too! - Connect the Dots – The Spruce Crafts
And I can’t talk about dots without mentioned connect the dots! Ranging from simple counting to longer number chains and even skip counting, The Spruce Crafts has a great round up of connect the dot activity pages for kids (or adults!) - Pointillism for Older Kids – Projects with Kids
Similar to the activity mentioned above, this one uses q-tips to create even smaller dots, more reminiscent of the pointillism style.
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