What do we learn from drawings of children?
Kids enjoy drawing. They experience the sheer joy of making marks at about the age of two. Some crayon, pencil or ink are picked up and they scribble. With these scribbles, our toddlers are not trying to represent truth. It is simply a joyful discovery of the opportunity to make a lasting mark on the planet - their own new found strength. The meaning of scribbling The earlier straight-line scribbles become circular scribbles at around three or four years of age, and this is a very significant milestone. To build enclosed circle shapes, their broad, continuous, circular scribbled lines begin to link together. The ability to draw an enclosed form marks the start of being able to depict the things around you in the universe. The beginning of being able to shape the letters of the alphabet is also marked. Significance Making Gradually, as adults throughout their lives look for messages in their marks, the scribbles move from simply becoming an inner visceral gratificatio...
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