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Re: 5yr old and drawing

From: Janjarreau
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 18:41:31 PST

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    In a message dated 1/15/00 7:53:57 PM Central Standard Time,
    mselle writes:

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     Although I may have disagree with Phimmelber in the past about tracing, I
     am in complete agreement with this person's post regarding the scribbling
     of a 5year old child. The child is still in the scribbling stage. The child
     needs to come to self closure and I have found that student who does
     advance occassionally regresses for a while, and that is perfectly normal.
     If it's a matter of keeping the student engaged with a learning task,
     develop a lesson which takes advantage of scribbling.
    >>
    I agree with this. See pages 66-68 of Children and Their Art by, Hurwitz and
    Day. Scribbling is pre-schematic and is the beginning of the manipulative
    stage
    (ages 2-5.) Also look up Elliot Eisner. It really is not mindless or hasty,
    just a stage he must go through.
    Janice 

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