Explain The Four Stages Of Arts

When talking about children, there are 4 stages of art that they will achieve. The first stage is from birth to age two. This stage is called mark making. Mark making is exactly what it sounds like. Making marks, and it is usually at random. A majority of the time mark making is does out of exploration and even enjoyment for the child. This stage prepares children for the next stage by working their gross motor skills because their whole arm is usually involved in the mark making. Eventually these marks become more organized and controlled. The next stage is the scribbling stage. This stage is usually around the years of two and four. When in the scribbling stage, children start to use more fine motor skills to hold their pencils, markers, crayons etc. From using smaller
Due to this, children will start to name their drawings. During this stage mandalas are a thing that can be created by children too. Stage three of drawing is the preschematic stage. This stage begins at four years old and last until about six. In this stage children start to draw more symbols. Children still do not acknowledge color, size, details, or realism yet. Children get a lot of practice with their fine motor skills at this stage because they have more control over their utensils. By the end of this stage children will be able to copy simple shapes such as circles or squares. Children are able to draw distinct corners. The fourth stage is the schematic stage. At this stage is the last stage, and by this point a child should now have developed all the important factors of drawing. Children at this stage can know recognize details and therefore are able to draw objects that represent something obvious, such as houses, trees or people. By knowing the different stages of drawing, a teacher can use this information to make sure that her students are meeting the milestones in the drawing