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When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers 1 2 ► Author Message 10/03/2013 21:52 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Just curious about this development. What age did your child first draw stick figures or faces of people? 10/03/2013 21:57 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Anonymous wrote:Just curious about this development. What age did your child first draw stick figures or faces of people? As a preschool teacher, my experience is that many kids draw faces when they are 3, although occasionally an older 2, or a young 4. Stick figures come later. Plenty of kids are still drawing "M and M people" with the arms where the ears should be and the feet coming out of circle until well into their 4 year old year. 10/03/2013 21:59 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Before age three. Both her parents are artists though. 10/03/2013 22:09 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous My 4 YO will draw a stick figure if I give him instructions: "why don't you draw a circle for the head? OK, now make two eyes. Now he needs a nose..." Otherwise, he scribbles! 10/03/2013 22:31 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Around 3 or 4, depending on the kid. 10/03/2013 23:02 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous My 7 year old still draws stick figures. Sigh... 10/03/2013 23:09 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Anonymous wrote:My 7 year old still draws stick figures. Sigh... So do I! 10/04/2013 01:02 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Both of my kids were before 3, but they draw A LOT. M&M people is a great way to describe them! 10/04/2013 02:52 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous My 4yo DD can still only scribble. Am starting to worry actually. 10/04/2013 04:47 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous A little before four for faces. I haven't seen him draw a stick figure yet, but he recently started drawing a car with wheels, etc (recently turned four). 10/04/2013 06:59 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous DD: by 2.5 she could do head, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, ears, body, arms, legs and shoes!! She's going to be my artist. DS: didn't do this for at least a year later. And other DD: at 2.5 she can make a head and that's about it. 10/04/2013 07:05 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Anonymous wrote:DD: by 2.5 she could do head, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, ears, body, arms, legs and shoes!! She's going to be my artist. DS: didn't do this for at least a year later. And other DD: at 2.5 she can make a head and that's about it. I'm the first "M and M people" poster, the teacher, above. I don't think there's much correlation between drawing early and "being an artist", down the road. Early drawing is about fine motor skills, and executive functioning, in my opinion. Good things, of course, but not the same as what makes someone an artist. I've had kids in my class who couldn't do anything representational until much later, but could spend hours mixing the perfect color of purple paint, or arranging the objects on an abstract collage just so. Those kids might not have had the fine motor skill to do much, but they had the soul of the artist, and eye. On the other hand, a significant portion of the kids who draw representationally early get hooked on drawing the same "house, forward facing person, stereotypical sun, rainbow" pictures for much of preschool, focusing much more on "perfection" rather than on expressing some idea that's uniquely their own. I'm not saying your first DD is in that second category, or that she won't be an artist, just that your other two could easily be one too. 10/04/2013 08:20 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Dd: 2.5 Ds: 3.5 10/04/2013 09:34 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous M&M people at 3, stick figures that actually look like people at 4. 2 boys, roughly the same timing for each. 10/04/2013 09:36 Subject: When did your child draw faces with eyes, nose, mouth Anonymous Anonymous wrote: Anonymous wrote:DD: by 2.5 she could do head, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, ears, body, arms, legs and shoes!! She's going to be my artist. DS: didn't do this for at least a year later. And other DD: at 2.5 she can make a head and that's about it. I'm the first "M and M people" poster, the teacher, above. I don't think there's much correlation between drawing early and "being an artist", down the road. Early drawing is about fine motor skills, and executive functioning, in my opinion. Good things, of course, but not the same as what makes someone an artist. I've had kids in my class who couldn't do anything representational until much later, but could spend hours mixing the perfect color of purple paint, or arranging the objects on an abstract collage just so. Those kids might not have had the fine motor skill to do much, but they had the soul of the artist, and eye. On the other hand, a significant portion of the kids who draw representationally early get hooked on drawing the same "house, forward facing person, stereotypical sun, rainbow" pictures for much of preschool, focusing much more on "perfection" rather than on expressing some idea that's uniquely their own. I'm not saying your first DD is in that second category, or that she won't be an artist, just that your other two could easily be one too. It is so nice (and refreshing) to hear from someone who knows what they're talking about and manages to communicate that without being judgmental. So uncommon here on DCUM! You sound like an awesome teacher. Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers 1 2 ► Go Go to page... Quick Reply Go to:

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