Handedness

Handedness: preference for using a particular hand.
Handedness is not always clear-cut; not everybody prefers one hand for every task.
Boys are more likely to be left-handed than are girls.
Arguments of nature versus nurture might both be used to help explain handedness.

Perceptual Development

Children about 3 to 4 years old are increasingly efficient at detecting boundaries in colors.
Visual scanning and tracking: By 4 to 5 years old, eye muscles are developed enough to move their eyes efficiently across a series of letters.
Eye problems become more apparent in this period.

Progression from scribbling to picture making:
By age 2, children can scribble.
Placement stage: 2- to 3-year-olds’ drawings are drawn on a page in placement patterns.
Shape stage: 3-year-olds’ drawings consist of diagrams in different shapes.
Design stage: 3- to 4-year-olds’ drawings might mix two basic shapes into more complex designs.
Pictorial stage: 4- to 5-year-olds’ drawings depict objects that adults can recognize.

Claire Golomb’s research focuses on the inventive problem solving that goes into children’s artistic efforts.
Developmental changes depend on talent, motivation, familial support, and cultural values.
Art flourishes in sociocultural contexts where tools are available, and the activity is valued.
In China, children are shown precise steps and prescribed brush strokes for drawing and painting
U.S. art education emphasizes independence—finding one’s own style—and copying others is thought to stifle creativity
Even though Chinese children are taught how to draw, their artistic products are original
Cross-cultural research indicates that children benefit from adult guidance in learning to draw

Handedness: preference for using a particular hand.
Handedness is not always clear-cut; not everybody prefers one hand for every task.
Boys are more likely to be left-handed than are girls.
Arguments of nature versus nurture might both be used to help explain handedness.

Children about 3 to 4 years old are increasingly efficient at detecting boundaries in colors.
Visual scanning and tracking: By 4 to 5 years old, eye muscles are developed enough to move their eyes efficiently across a series of letters.
Eye problems become more apparent in this period.

Progression from scribbling to picture making:
By age 2, children can scribble.
Placement stage: 2- to 3-year-olds’ drawings are drawn on a page in placement patterns.
Shape stage: 3-year-olds’ drawings consist of diagrams in different shapes.
Design stage: 3- to 4-year-olds’ drawings might mix two basic shapes into more complex designs.
Pictorial stage: 4- to 5-year-olds’ drawings depict objects that adults can recognize.

Claire Golomb’s research focuses on the inventive problem solving that goes into children’s artistic efforts.
Developmental changes depend on talent, motivation, familial support, and cultural values.
Art flourishes in sociocultural contexts where tools are available, and the activity is valued.
In China, children are shown precise steps and prescribed brush strokes for drawing and painting
U.S. art education emphasizes independence—finding one’s own style—and copying others is thought to stifle creativity
Even though Chinese children are taught how to draw, their artistic products are original
Cross-cultural research indicates that children benefit from adult guidance in learning to draw