starting small

Color choice, sharing and working independently are just some of the skills Increase Miller Elementary kindergarteners put into practice as each student created a one-of-kind, multi-hued, centered and circular piece of art. Each one began as a dot.

Art teacher Julia Zaremba had just read Peter H. Reynolds’ book “The Dot” with the students, a story about a child who thought she couldn’t draw; her breakthrough began with a small dot on a piece of paper. “Everyone can do it,” said one student, afterwards.

As the students sat four to a table, busy with paint sticks, Zaremba told the students exciting news--their art would be hung in the hallway, as part of a school-wide mural. “It will show that we are all part of one community,” she said. “We all belong.”