"Lots of Dots" Preschool Book Extension

Messy Boy recently found his new favorite book. We checked out Lots of Dots by Craig Frazier during our regular library visit.  It became an instant favorite. He asked to read it every day. We read it so much that by the time we returned it he had memorized the whole book and could "read" it himself.

Lots of Dots has colorful illustrations and shows where dots (circles) are found in every day objects. It has an easy to read, rhyming text. Dancing Girl was able to read it by herself the first time through.

Making dot pictures

Since we were having so much fun with this book, I thought it would be fun to make our own dot pictures. I had a one inch circle punch that I used to cut out circles. We used those and some leftover pricing dot stickers to create our own pictures.

Dancing Girl looked through the book for inspiration and decided she wanted to make a flower. Messy Boy and I worked on a caterpillar. Dancing Girl liked it so much she went back and added a caterpillar to her picture too.

Our final creations

This was a fun and easy activity. The possibilities for dot pictures are limitless. Do you have any fun dot picture ideas? Share them with us!