Group Presentations Teaching Class

This is a picture of a few of my classmates drawing arches on their papers. This was to show how children begin to draw, they were not allowed to bend their elbows and this was to show how young children do not have fine muscle control in draw better at an earlier age because the scribblers tend to be between ages 2 and 4 years old. They are still developing their muscles and they have little or no wrist control. There are three stages of art development that involve the scribbling stage they are:

Random Scribbling

Random Scribbling begins with when the child first begins to mark on paper which can begin at 6 Months to 2 years old. This normally stays around until the child is around 4 to 5 years old. Every child no matter their culture begin with this stage because it is technically classified as mark making. As they get older they are often given some materials that will help them create art. They often play with and explore randomly with the materials for a while. It is important the children are allowed to have this time to explore with the material so they can understand what they are working with. The amount of time spent in this stage varies because it depends on their health, intelligence, muscle development.

Controlled Scribbling

Eventually when the kids develop their muscle control they move into the Controlled Scribbling stage. Repeated movements and start creating spastic scribbles. They are beginning to organize their envrionment while they are in this stage. Typically the scribbles are circles of all sizes. Often you see sweeping, wavy, bold and rippling lines.

Named Scribbling

Eventually they will begin naming their scribbles. Although as adults we cannot see resemblance in their art it is meaningful to the children so do not discourage. They name scribbles anything from feelings, to sounds or smells sometimes even looks. But they are connecting their art with everything around them. Something you need to watch for is when they are copying names for their creations from others.

In order for children to create art they must start with these simple stages. These are the foundations of art and without them a child will not progress with the stages. Without encouragement it can hinder the development of the child and make it more difficult for the child to keep up in school.

While my group was teaching this subject we often thought about the processes in which it took to develop beyond the scribbling stage, we even brought this out with Community of Inquiry and asked the class what they thought about each topic we covered. We understood our subject matter to make sure they were correct and we did not just know our part of the presentation, we knew every part in order for us to have built upon each other and help each other along when we were struggling.

The reasons we knew what they were learning was authentic was because we were giving them activities to go along with each subject and with our assessment we gave them at the end of each class we taught it helped them understand the various practices surrounding the topic.

By teaching class during this week I learned several things about both teaching and myself. Always over plan, you can always cut things out if you absolutely need to cut things out you can if you have too much planned for a day or class period and you can always move it to another day when you may finish everything that needs done. That is why I have thought about how I am going to do my lesson plans once I begin teaching. I am going to have my days planned out but have extra things that the students can do such as a game or activities that goes along with what I have been teaching during that week. That way just in case the students finish everything I will have something that the students can do.