Every Picture Tells A Story: Stages of Art Development in Children

Abstract

In drawing, children begin with scribbles and doodles. Scribbles in this regard are not hasty, careless writing or meaningless marks on paper that should be ignored. Children’s scribbles have communicative values. They are a  representation and recording of a legitimate enriching experience. Generally, children of preschool and kindergarten age are more comfortable with  scribbling their messages, and attempting representations in drawing. Drawing is one of many languages that children employ to “talk” about their world both to themselves and to others. It is in this regard that this paper articulates children’s scribbles as artistic representations and expressive symbols of their thoughts and experiences. Indeed children’s scribbles are pictures that tell the story of their inner thoughts, feelings and emotions. This is itself a burst of creativity.