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Method
For this paper, I interviewed a child who is almost 4. She loves to
draw almost anything, so when I asked her if she would draw me a picture of
herself and something she likes to do she was so excited. Drawing, for her, is
a way of expressing herself and to get her opinion across. Annabel is a 3
year old with an amazingly creative imagination, she imagines herself a
princess one day and a sailor the next. The week I interviewed her, she told
me she wanted to be a famous ballerina.
In my findings, I will be describing Annabels drawing and explain
why she is at a certain artistic developmental stage. Most children do not fall
in just one stage. Looking at her art for these stages is a way to interpret
how Annabel and other children her age are developing. For Annabels age,
Findings
Since Annabel wanted to be a ballerina this week, she drew a picture
Conclusion
Watching and listening to Annabel draw gave me a sense of
excitement about teaching. Here she was, a little girl not even in
kindergarten yet and she already has this amazing sense of wonder and
excitement about creating something that I wish I had. The level of a
preschematic drawer is reached typically around 4-7 years old, as
mentioned in the Art for Children booklet page 46, which makes it even more
amazing that she has reached this level before turning 4. Also after watching
Annabel draw, I began to think about what it would be like to teach an art
class in an elementary school. When I googled Tips to being a good art
teacher I came upon this really interesting website called,
DeepSpaceSparkle.com, which is an art-related website that sells art
supplies and has how-to videos as well as articles written about art. Patty
Palmer, one of the websites writers, said My philosophy is quite simple: To
engage, inspire and teach art with age-appropriate techniques and subjects.
This philosophy sticks with me because in all of our classes this semester we
have discussed how to teach while still being age-appropriate at the same
time. I would do this in my classes by finding things the students in my
classes were interested in and developing projects around those hobbies.
Annabel loves drawing because she draws what she is interested in. I am
References
Fung, J. (2013, May 15). Simple Ways To Integrate Arts Into Your Classroom.
Retrieved
October 15, 2015.
LTC 4240 Sections 1 & 2 "Art for Children" (pp. 46-48). (2015). Columbia,
Missouri:
MizzouPublishing.