Dear Reader,
Do you remember the first time you connected dots to make a picture? I certainly don’t. I wanted to introduce my children to it slowly, see where they were at. Later I will add the numbers, but letting them connect different dots to make their own picture seemed like a good way to introduce my children to the concept.
I know I made a whole lot more work on myself, but I made dots on 3 papers to see what my girls were capable of. For the most part I just let them draw lines between the different dots. I let them choose any dots to connect.
The idea behind this activity was to work on controlling the crayon and practicing the correct grasp. My oldest really struggles holding her writing utensils correctly so this was a great way to practice.
They really liked it, but I may have put too many dots on the paper. Next time I think I will just try to dot them randomly on the paper, if my OCD doesn’t kick in and force me to make them evenly spaced.
