1. Children’s Artistic Development Stages of Graphic RepresentationScribble (Pre-schematic) Stage (1-3)Manipulative Stage (2-5)Symbol-Making Stage (6-9)Pre-Adolescent Stage (10-13)

2. Scribbling

3. Controlled Scribbling, Naming

4. Manipulative Stage (2-5): The child may draw whatis more important larger and may name his or her drawing. The rhythmic movement of the arm and wrist, the stimulation of watching lines appear where none existed before are themselves satisfying and self-justifying. They are intrinsic sources of satisfaction. Elliot Eisner

5. Manipulative Stage (2-5): The search for schema. A schema is a drawing that a child develops that has a degree of resemblance to an actual object. Most elementary students will be at this stage.

6. Recognizable Schema

8. Symbol-Making Stage (6-9) Children at this state draw what they know, not what they see.

9. Baseline

10. Multiple Baselines

12. Fold Over

13. X-ray

14. Figures Shown from Front and Side

15. Group Friendships of Same Sex

17. Overlap or Avoidance

18. Students become more conscious of design.

20. Design Project

21. Attempts at Realistic Perspective

23. Preadolescent Stage (10-13) It is during these years that most children cease to be significantly involved in making art.

24. Preadolecent Stage (10-13) This is a time to appeal to students’ interests as a point of departure.

26. Adolescent Stage (10-13) Aesthetic Consideration Of Abstract Qualities