The 1st graders loved the idea of the mosaics, but some were more successful than others. With short attention spans looming, I allowed the students to use markers to fill in the blank spots after 2 art classes of gluing. We also used markers to make a "picture frame" around the edge of the plate. While I did encourage patterns, some were stubborn, and rebelled against this idea, preferring just to block in the frame with colors.
