Children's artistic abilities increase during these young years. "The unintended irregularities of children's drawings suggest spontaneity, freedom and directness" (Children 258). There are four stages which children progress through and they are: 1. placement, which depicts scribbles but within a small area, 2. shape, showing different diagrams of shapes, 3. design, which mixes two shapes in one design, and 4. pictorial, depicting recognizable images. Our son, age 3 1/2, currently enjoys drawing circles, and although they may look more like an amoeba than an actual circle, he has me convinced that they are indeed, circles. Based on the information, he would be placed in the shape stage.
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