5 DOTS

We love doing squiggle drawings.  

A squiggle drawing is when you get a piece of paper with a black squiggly line already on it.  You need to use your imagination to come up with an idea to make it into. 

 5 DOTS is the same basic idea. 

 You glue 5 dots onto a piece of paper.  You draw a black line connecting the dots.  You do not make a polygon.  They can be connected in any way.  Next, you turn the paper around and around until you think of something to draw it into.  We even practice not going with our first idea.
These were done by 4th graders.

The purpose of this lesson was to teach artistic behaviors (risk taking, playing and experimenting) and using our imaginations as a source of inspiration.