Add a sprinkling of dots and colour with this ready-to-teach Year 1 Line and Shape Art Unit. Inspired by Robert Delaunay and František Kupka, Dotty Doughnuts helps students explore semi-circles, contrasting halves and repetition through a connected ten-week CampFire journey.
Why teachers love it
Ready to teach: Ten weekly Core Skills mini-lessons of 20–30 minutes connect drawing, artist learning and digital skills.
Playful progression: Students move from tracing rings to dividing shapes into halves, arranging repeated forms and making deliberate colour choices.
Flexible pacing: Plan around an hour of Studio Work each week. Students continue projects at their own pace; completing all three is not required.
What students create
Start with printed flowers, then explore three connected projects: a doughnut clay name plate, a splattered-background doughnut painting and a Swimming Doughnuts digital wallpaper. Simple digital activities build confidence with colour fills, dots and changing the background colour.
What is included
Lesson Slides PDF with artist studies, skill activities, a warm-up, three project briefs and reflection prompts.
Teacher Guide with the year-level planner, teaching notes and Australian Curriculum v9 Visual Arts and Media Arts planning support.
Quiz Book PDF with three multiple-choice quizzes and answers.
Posters Pack PDF with four Drawing Tools posters and four reflection guides.
What you will need
Digital activities use Procreate on iPad. Art materials, devices and the app are not included. Clay projects can be adapted to air-dry clay or omitted to allow more time for painting and digital work.
Digital PDF download for one teacher’s own classes. Each unit stands alone; no other CampFire purchase is needed.
Give your Year 1 class an art term full of colour, pattern and doughnut-inspired discoveries.
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