{"id":3419,"date":"2019-03-18T03:01:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T03:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2019-03-18T17:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T17:00:44","slug":"polka-dot-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2019\/03\/18\/polka-dot-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Polka-Dot Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Materials:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rainbow-Washable-Markers-Original-Marker\/dp\/B000GFJA5U\/ref=sr_1_14_sspa?crid=3SNVFT79VFZIE&amp;keywords=dot+markers&amp;qid=1552663285&amp;s=toys-and-games&amp;sprefix=dot+markers%2Caps%2C174&amp;sr=1-14-spons&amp;psc=1\">Dot markers<\/a><br>White paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Set the paper in front of your child. Help her unscrew the marker cap, and then demonstrate how to use the marker by dotting the paper rather than drawing with it like a marker. To help with this, try making a few small circles on the paper and having your child fill them in with the dot marker. Initially, it will take a little practice, but young children love to make dots! Your child will enjoy experimenting with different color dots, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/03\/Polka-Dot-Pictures-David-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/03\/Polka-Dot-Pictures-David-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/03\/Polka-Dot-Pictures-David-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dot markersWhite paper Directions:&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the paper in front of your child. Help her unscrew the marker cap, and then demonstrate how to use the marker by dotting the paper rather than drawing with it like a marker. To help with this, try making a few small circles on the paper and having your child &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2019\/03\/18\/polka-dot-pictures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Polka-Dot Pictures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":3420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}