People don’t realize the importance scribbling has on a child’s development and imagination. Scribbles are the building blocks of art. Rhoda Kellogg pointed out that at first glance scribbles may look like tangles Of spaghetti, lines with out form or distinction. Actually, there are many types of scribbles. There are twenty basic kinds Of scribbles made up Of lines that are vertical, horizontal, diagonal, circular, curving, and waving. A lot of scribbles also include dots.
According to Scott O’Dell and Rwanda one of the scribbles children like best ranges over the paper loosely on a diagonal axis, leaving two corners empty. It’s hard for people to see anything special in the scribbling but to the child it his something that they alone made, something that did not exist to the world a short while ago. Scribbling is so spontaneous, it just happens, and every line creates the foundation for art. When the child gets older they will learn how scribbling creates hair for people, leaves for trees, and clouds for the sky.
By the age oftener children learn about making shapes. These patterns are basic, and are never forgotten. Almost immediately after learning to draw shapes, children begin to combine shapes making designs. At the age of four and five children begin to draw the human figure and animals. Ay the age of six a child draws one person or many people, one house or many houses, but they are still designs. Not until he is seven does the pictures begin to tell their own story.
At the point adults can relate better with the child’s creativity. While these stages Of development are happening we have to make sure as educators and parents we encourage the children’s opinion on what is art. Its real important to encourage the growth in art also we must let there imagination run wild and not create boundaries. If we create boundaries for children on art they won’t develop fully because in there mind they will give us exactly what we expect and not learn to experiment.
According to Rwanda Kellogg and Scott O’Dell children who are left alone to draw what they like develop a store of knowledge which enables them to reach there final stage of self taught, From that point they may develop into gifted artists. However, most children lose interest in drawing after the first few years because they are not given this chance to develop freely. Educators that pressure children to draw real elite objects are not being helpful; they cause the child to lose confidence and pride in there creativity.
So I learned that letting the child explore there own mind of art will allow them o be the best they can be. So my advice to teachers and parents is to let the kids educate them in art because we might learn a thing or two from kids. I learned from experience faith working with kids that they may surprise you with what they come up with. Many of my past students showed that they love the days we did free draw more than the things we planned for them like making puppets.
