Five Years-Old Gorilla

Five years-old Jacob is exploring paint and has created a gorilla. He is just painting without referencing to something else and creates a gorilla by trial-and error thinking. He created a brown patch and called it a gorilla, which is phase 1, the explorers. however Jacob is focused on being understood because as he is talking about the gorilla he looks around the room. Jacob wants to make sure his art is being understood by his classmates which, is a phase 3 characteristic. The naming of his piece was created during the making of it. As he explores paint his is discovering the many properties of if, such as mixing and spreading. As he creates the gorilla, he becomes more excited about his piece. Making and discovering is making Jacob feel