When we ask children to draw pictures, the pictures that most of them draw are houses, trees, clouds and birds, which presents us with the universality of mind and emotions in nature. Children give us many verbal and non-verbal messages. Picture tests are one of the projective tests in which the subconscious messages that reflect children's experiences, their perspective on life
and their secret feelings are concretized and can be more understandable and analyzed.
When evaluating the pictures made by children, the first thing to consider is the child's development
> period. Because a figure that scares us may even be a quite normal scribble
depending on its development. Give the crayons and papers to your child, and better understand his/her views on the world and himself/herself with affirming and confirming messages so that he/she can express his/her feelings and thoughts easily.
Doodle Phase (2-4 Years)
br /> During this period, as the child's small muscle development begins to develop slowly, he/she will make completely random
scribbles and these will not mean anything. However, when the child is 3 - 4 years old, he/she can start to make lines and circles in a single row. p>
Pre-Schema Period (4-7 Years)
The child, who now begins to identify with the people around him, begins to transform his scribbles into human figures
. A child aged 5 can express the size of organs differently. Until the age of 6
After the correct eye, he starts drawing details such as eyebrows and mustaches and can find subjects for his paintings.
In this period, the child can draw the objects he cares about in larger sizes than others.
Schematic Period (7-9 Years)
/> The child, who has an opinion about his environment and people, can describe male and female roles
as he wishes. By separating the sky and the earth with a line, it finds itself a place in the ecosystem as a schema.
Its thoughts are more concrete and the pictures are clear and distinct, just as the child describes.
Reality Period (9-12 Years)
As you know, every organ in our body is proportioned to each other in the golden ratio. The child in this period
can compare the tree to the person, the person to the house, and the eyebrow to the eye in the pictures he draws. GRAMMARING
Human: The human gender he draws indicates the character or role with which he identifies. The number of people drawn gives us clues about their interaction with the environment and whether they are social or antisocial. Head: Drawing a person with a big head symbolizes a child who desires to be very hardworking. This heavily drawn head, which is a sign of
desire for success, may also mean that the child sees himself/herself as inadequate.
Mouth: The mouth is a communication factor in drawings. An abnormally small or large mouth
indicates that the child has a speech problem, while an undrawn mouth indicates that the child is unable to communicate.
Eye: A child who draws very large eyes may be quite curious.
Teeth: Many creatures in nature tear their prey into pieces with their teeth. Very clearly drawn teeth symbolize violence and
aggression in our subconscious.
Foot: In our subconscious, the foot symbolizes the feeling of trust. Very small, vaguely drawn feet may symbolize a child who does not have enough self-confidence. Feet pointing to the right indicate that children are looking towards the past
and want to stay in their childhood years. Feet pointing to the left can be expressed as the child setting goals for the future.
Nose: A very large nose symbolizes the period when sexual identity development becomes more important.
Ears: Ears drawn larger than normal are constantly noticed by the child's environment. indicates that he/she is criticized.
It is a reflection of the need to constantly listen to those around him.
Chin: Angular and wide-drawn chin; It symbolizes a child who expects support from others and expects trust.
Neck: A neck that has not been drawn at all may indicate that the child has anger management problems. Children who have not received attention may not draw the arms at all.
Genital Organ: This is perhaps the most important point of the drawing test. This is why it is a technique frequently used in sexual abuse cases. We do not expect the child to draw the sexual organs, but if he draws it, it may mean that he has seen his
parents naked or that he has seen another peer's sibling's sexual object naked. It carries the meanings it conveys.
Family: The order in which family members are drawn symbolizes the character with whom one identifies most. In addition, whichever children use the eraser on the most
tells us the degree of importance they attach to the character.
Roof: The roofs of happy houses are usually red, and the roofs of unhappy houses are usually black.
Sibling: In pictures where a sibling is not drawn, that sibling is usually depicted. It is understood that there is a feeling of jealousy towards the animal.
Animal: The child who draws wild animals concretizes his mistakes and unrest by likening them to that animal.
A very wild animal symbolizes a sin, a mistake.
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