Bible Dab-a-Dot
- Growing Little Souls
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2021
Dab-a-dot or do-a-dot is one of the most popular home-schooling activities for the little ones nowadays. It has benefits both for mother and child. There are so many ways of using dab-a-dot in learning but I particularly use it to incorporate Bible learning. In my dab-a-dot version, I incorporated things, places, characters and animals that are mentioned in the Bible. It is also to help my child to be familiar with those things aside from the fun and physical development that he can get from doing it. Also, dab-a-dot is one of the things that occupies him during the worship hour (the very reason I made this). I know that worship hour can be daunting for many moms, as the kids can be so distracting. But thankfully, this helped me focus on the sermon, rather than struggle to keep my little one entertained.
For toddlers, dab-a-dot helps them in their hand and eye coordination: directing the stamp to go where they aim on the paper. It also helps in their motor skills: by holding, moving and flipping dot markers. It helps develop their creative thinking by experimenting with colours and even teaches them colour identification.
For mothers, it’s a no sweat clean up! Dab-a-dot is less messy than paint. They are usually water based so you can just wipe them off with antibacterial wipes whenever you are out, or you can wash them off with water. You also don’t need to worry if they smudge on your child’s clothes. Bleach is not necessary to remove them. You can just put your child’s clothes in the washing machine or hand wash it (really no sweat!). Dab-a-dot is also not as fragile as crayons. Children won’t easily bend it or break it. Above all, it’s pretty easy to bring along anywhere!!! Especially during worship.
Feel free to use this with your little one during the sermon. All you need to do is print this and have a dab-a-dot marker. But for those countries who don’t have a dab-a-dot marker, you can freely use stickers (sample below) or letter stamps (sample below). These are the alternatives that you can use that are cheap and handy-dandy.
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