This document appears to be an assessment portfolio containing examples of children's drawings at different stages of visual language development. It includes examples of scribbling stages, pre-schematic stages, schematic stages, and the dawning realism stage. For each drawing, it provides information about the child's age and grade. The portfolio is assessing visual language development through analyzing features of the drawings like use of shapes, lines, color, and realistic details.

1. Assessment 1
Visual Language Development
Action Research Project Folio
Blair Thallmayer
Cohort 2
October 9, 2007

2. Table of Contents
Scribbling Stage
Preschematic Stage
Schematic Stage
Dawning Realism/ Gang Stage

3. SCRIBBLING STAGE
Stephanie has drawn a
picture that displays the
stage of Longitudinal
(controlled) Scribble. Her
motions can be repeated
(left-right, right-left)
showing that she has
established visual control. She
is using a variety of colors.

4. Stephanie
Age 3
Grade Pre School

5. SCRIBBLING STAGE
Tyler has drawn a picture
that displays the stage of
Circular Scribble.
His motions can be repeated
in a circular motion, showing
that he has established
greater control. He is using a
variety of colors, such as
orange, blue and green.

6. Tyler
Age 3
Grade Pre School

7. SCRIBBLING STAGE
Ava has drawn a picture
that displays the stage of
Circular Scribble. Her motions
can be repeated in a circular
motion, showing that she has
established visual control. She
is using a variety of colors,
such as purple, red, and red-
purple.

8. Ava
Age 3
Grade Pre School

9. SCRIBBLING STAGE
Evan has drawn a picture
that displays the stage of
Circular & Longitudinal
Scribbling. His motions can be
repeated using lines & circles,
showing that he has
established visual control. He
is using a variety of colors.

10. Evan
Age 6
Grade 1

11. PRESCHEMATIC STAGE
Brad has drawn a picture
that displays the Pre-
schematic Stage. He thought
of what he wanted to draw,
and then drew it. He used
symbols grown out of
longitudinal & circular
scribbles to great 3 trees.

12. Brad
Age 7
Grade 2

13. PRESCHEMATIC STAGE
Ashley has drawn a picture
that displays the Pre-
schematic Stage. She was
thinking about her family,
and then decided to create a
picture of them. Many of her
family members are drawn
from longitudinal & circular
scribbles.

14. Ashley
Age 6
Grade 1

15. PRESCHEMATIC STAGE
Steven has painted a
picture that displays the Pre-
schematic Stage. He was
thinking about the book “The
Hunger Little Caterpillar”
and decided to paint the
watermelon, & it was created
from longitudinal & circular
movements.

16. Steven
Age 6
Grade 1

17. PRESCHEMATIC STAGE
Daniel has drawn a picture
that displays the Pre-
schematic Stage. He was
thinking about his back yard.
He created the grape vines
from circular, and some
longitudinal movements.

18. Daniel
Age 6
Grade 1

19. SCHEMATIC STAGE
Ryan has drawn a picture
that displays the Schematic
Stage. He was a great variety
of shapes, and a guideline of
the sky and the earth. His
definite relationship color use
is between color & objects,
such as yellow sun, blue sky,
green grass, and brown dirt.

20. Ryan
Age 8
Grade 2

21. SCHEMATIC STAGE
Jenna has drawn a picture
that displays the Schematic
Stage. She was a great
variety of shapes, such as
rectangle, square, triangle, &
circles. Her spatial
relationship is definite aware
that the green bush is smaller
than the two houses.

22. Jenna
Age 7
Grade 2

23. SCHEMATIC STAGE
Amanda has drawn a
picture that displays the
Schematic Stage. She was a
great variety of shapes, and
a guideline of the sky and the
earth. Her definite color
relationship use is yellow sun,
blue sky, brown hair for her,
& black hair for me.

24. Amanda
Age 7
Grade 2

25. SCHEMATIC STAGE
Taylor has drawn a picture
that displays the Schematic
Stage. He was a great variety
of shapes. Her definite color
relationship is green tree
leaves, brown bark, red
apples, and blue water. Her
space schema is a smaller
child on a stool, reaching the
apple in the big tree.

26. Taylor
Age 7
Grade 2

27. DAWNING REALISM
Hunter has drawn a
picture that displays
Dawning Realism. He has
created a profile view of
himself, aware of specific
features, has a greater
emphasis on his sex, & his
color uses are more realistic.

28. Hunter
Age 7
Grade 2

29. DAWNING REALISM
Kiara has drawn a picture
that displays Dawning
Realism. She has an emphasis
on sex (girl wearing a pink
dress), & her color uses are
more realistic (black hair,
blue eyes, peach skin). She is
also moving slowly away
from basic line (sky & earth
line) & creating overlapping.

30. Kiara
Age 8
Grade 3

31. DAWNING REALISM
Anthony has drawn a
picture that displays
Dawning Realism. He has an
emphasis on sex & his color
uses are more realistic (black
hair, brown eyes, peach skin).
He colors with an
understanding of relation of
color to emotion.

32. Anthony
Age 8
Grade 3

33. DAWNING REALISM
Alexis has created a
picture that displays
Dawning Realism. She has
awareness of space of
overlapping & expression of
emotion focuses on
accumulation of detail in the
tree. She colors with emotion
(season of fall).

34. Alexis
Age 8
Grade 3