at what age was your child drawing recognizable pictures? - Page 2

[pianojazzgirl]

Since he can do it when you ask I wouldn't worry at all.

My ds started being able to draw circles pretty early on (2yo), and at 3 can draw a "person" if I prompt him - ie. he'll draw a circle and then I'll say "oh, looks like he needs eyes" and he'll draw the eyes, etc, etc.

I don't remember exactly when dd started drawing more recognizable things (people) but I think it was maybe a bit later - 3.5???

I think a lot of it is interest, and there is an element of fine-motor development.  Since your ds can do it upon request I don't think there's a fine-motor delay.  From your description of his response ("leave me alone"... lol) sounds like he's just not interested in drawing circles, lines or faces at the moment.

[pianojazzgirl]

I wanted to add, fwiw, that my dd who is 6 and in grade one can draw very elaborate pictures of all kinds of things, but sometimes she just wants to draw a page full of scribbles.  She likes the way it looks with lots of different colours scribbled all over each other.  Sounds like your ds likes scribbles too!

[DidiToo]

My 3.5 y.o. has just started to draw rough circles with two dots for eyes and a squiggle for a mouth. 

I have that hazy lack-of-recall with my 6 year old, but I seem to remember that he took off with drawing starting around age 4. 

[donutmolly]

I think so much of it has to do with interest!  DD1 was 4ish when she started drawing recognizable pictures (and she is prolific and rather talented artistically) and she went through a weird phase after that where she would only scribble again.  DD2 at just 3 has been drawing people for several months and attempting to write letters... which I feel is VERY early.  But, she sees her older sister doing it and wants to do it too, and we're homeschooling DD1 so there are a lot of times when she has the opportunity to practice because she's sitting with us at the table while I work with DD1.

There is such a wide range of normal with developmental stuff.  DD1 at age 5.5 is nowhere near riding a bike without training wheels -- at age 4 she couldn't even figure out how to push pedals to make a bike go.  She hasn't had a lot of opportunity or interest in practicing.  On the other hand, I know kids who ride without training wheels at age 3.

Unless you have a feeling your DS is really behind in development, I'd just focus on finding something he excels at and recognizing his special abilities.

[Curlyfry7]

My 4.25 y/o DS is still just scribbling. I think he could draw a circle if I asked him too, and he draws "snakes"-long lines, but other than that, just scribbles. He has never been into drawing/coloring. My just turned 2 y/o DD does much better when you account for the age difference, but she has always loved drawing, and has les gross motor ability than her brother did at the same age.

From the list above from a PP, my DS is no where near drawing a person even though he's 4, yet he can do some of the stuff for a 5 y/o with ease.

I agree it has a LOT to do with interests-why learn something you don't care about??

[elmh23]

Dd was about 2 when she could draw a recognizable object.

Ds will be 4 at the end of February and can draw a circle and a triangle but that's it.  He'll tell me all about his artwork though, I just can't see what he sees, lol.  And he can trace his hand (a skill which he is VERY proud of!)

However, dd couldn't use scissors to save her life until she was 5 and ds is a master at that.

As far as worrying, I'm not.  But in the grand scheme of things, there are so many other issues that worry me about him, that I don't pay attention to this skill at this time.