This, my friends, is not a potato.
Although it looks very spud like, it is actually a self-portait of Spencer. Specifically, it is the first
self-portrait he ever drew. The date: July 18, 2011.
When we had Spencer's parent/teacher conference last September I mentioned that while I was not concerned about his fine motor skills it was definitely an area in which he could improve. His teacher told us not to worry and reminded us that he had just barely turned 4- it's not like he was expected to do calligraphy. We talked about how writing, coloring and drawing just weren't interesting to him and once they became interesting his ability would soar.
So, here we are. July 2012. Spencer drew this picture last week (which was technically June). This is Elliott and Spencer. Elliott is shorter but has much, much more hair. They both have freakishly long legs and sad, stubby arms. Elliott has an unfortunate club hand.
The point is that Spencer's attention to detail has improved drastically. His interest in writing and drawing is off the charts. He's still not into coloring (like coloring pictures in coloring books) but he is all about generating his own pictures. We even had to put a daily limit on the amount of paper he is allowed to use.
Part of my job is to screen all of the incoming kindergarten kids for academic, speech/language and fine motor delays. As part of the screening I ask them to draw a picture of themselves. I check for a head, body, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, arms, hands, legs and feet. The only thing Spencer is missing are ears.
I screened him the summer that he was 2 for everything except fine motor skills and he passed the kindergarten screener back then. He's not starting kinder until next year. I think he'll do just fine.
4 comments:
That's so wonderful! I know I sound crazy but that's probably about what my drawings would look like now.
So you meet with every entering student to assess them? You sound like you have an extremely interesting job. Did you always want to be involved with speech therapy, etc.?
That picture looks exactly like my 5 year old's drawings. He started out being more interested in coloring but has now decided he doesn't mind drawing either. He also draws the "flat" hair on his people. Hehe! Yes, I'd say Spencer will be ready for Kinder, and those pics of Elliott are too cute.
Meaning the pictures in the above 4th of July post. I had kept reading and forgot that was a separate post. Hehe!
Can you come screen my kids? Also, quite cool to see the progress between the self-portraits.
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