Detailed contribution information
| Contribution title | 3281 - Survey of drawing and art activities in preschool children |
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| Contribution code | PS02-69 (P) |
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Introduction. Children draw in all countries couse their inner creativity finds it‘s ways throuth the visual cues and motor, cognitive, emotional development. Drawing is an especially important for children who do not yet have the verbal skills to communicate their feelings. Variety of means and possibiliteis to draw or to become engaged into the art activities are changing througth time in the societies. Objective. To review aspects of drawing in preschool children and investigate their parents attitudes. Method. Survey has been done using the questionnaire made for this purpose by the first author. Parents of the preschool children were interviewed in public kindergardens in Lithuania. Questionnaire consisted of general questions about the respondent and child and specific questions comprising various aspects about drawing materials, time, type of visual art activities, parents attitudes and their own experiences and engagement in visual arts. Data analysed using Microsoft Excel 2013 and SPSS 21 programmes. Results. 361 parents have completed the survey questionnaires, 272 (75,3%) mothers and 89 (24,7%) fathers. Respondents parents had answered about their children: 195 (54,5%, mean age 5,1±1,1) girls and 163 (45,5%, mean age 5,0±1,1) boys, 3 did not specified their child‘s gender. 339 (93,9%) of children were drawing at home, 144 (83,3%) boys and 192 (98,5%) girls (p=0,00). 324 (89,8%) of parents noted that their child likes drawing. Drawing materials: coloured pencils 289(80,1%), liquide paint 173 (47,9%), chalks 137(38,0%), noncoloured pencil 115 (31,9%), felt-tip pens 105 (29,1%). 312 (86,4%) coloured books and 245 (67,9%) were modeling at home, girls more often than boys (p=0,00). 259 (71,8%) of parents noted that they liked to draw and 213 (59,0%) model in their own childhood. 79 (21,9%) parents were attending specialised art programme in their childhood. Data about frequency, parent‘s attitudes, relationship with family structure, parent education, art activities etc. will be given at the presentation. Conclusions. Most of the preschool children are drawing, modeling and filling colouring books at home, girls significantly more often than boys. Parents who participeted in specialised art activities in their own childhood – their children were most often engaged in art activities at home. 95,9% of the parents said that drawing is beneficial for their child‘s development. Data could be used for longitudinal and cross cultural comparisons. |