T, F, Q, O, I

Those are the letters that K (2.9) wrote the other night. Since January, she's been starting to do more "writing" in her drawing. Now she's moving on to actual letters. Her pictures are becoming more representational too. Check out this example. It's a clown. She drew it, but Mary Poppins was talking her through what to do. An example of the Zone of Proximal Development.

K couldn't have done as much on the clown if Mary Poppins hadn't have helped her realize that clowns have big hats and funny noses. Note the polka dots on the hat.















I leave you with a couple of web sites about development of drawing.

site 1
site 2

If you look at the pre-symbolism page you will see that K could be drawing for them!