The girls just LOVE drawing....Any sort down-time is dedicated to crayons, paper and sounding out words. It always seems to be that I start paying close attention to their art during the spring time each year. Last year blogged about their art they were making shapes and using different colors. The year before, I blogged they were just starting to eek into the schematic stages of drawing.
This year, not only are they are late stages of the schematic stage, but they are adding words to their drawings. Another mom in their class commented to me one day that Ava & Bettina are pretty advanced in their drawings. After hearing that, I took note of the art around their classroom. They have been studying dinosaurs and the kids were asked to say and draw what they would do if they saw a real dinosaur. Dictation was taken by the teacher and written underneath each picture. Ava said that she "would hide," and in her drawing, she is hiding while the dinosaur walks past her. The dinosaur has the word "Roar" next to it. Bettina told the teacher she would "fight it" and in her picture she is facing the dinosaur. The word "Hiya" is etched out in black crayon next to her. That mom was right. They are not only deeper into the schematic stage than most kids, but they were the only ones in both classes (out of 28 kids) that incorporated words with their drawings. That's sort of cool!
This year, not only are they are late stages of the schematic stage, but they are adding words to their drawings. Another mom in their class commented to me one day that Ava & Bettina are pretty advanced in their drawings. After hearing that, I took note of the art around their classroom. They have been studying dinosaurs and the kids were asked to say and draw what they would do if they saw a real dinosaur. Dictation was taken by the teacher and written underneath each picture. Ava said that she "would hide," and in her drawing, she is hiding while the dinosaur walks past her. The dinosaur has the word "Roar" next to it. Bettina told the teacher she would "fight it" and in her picture she is facing the dinosaur. The word "Hiya" is etched out in black crayon next to her. That mom was right. They are not only deeper into the schematic stage than most kids, but they were the only ones in both classes (out of 28 kids) that incorporated words with their drawings. That's sort of cool!
