When did your child draw anything meaningful

[Jannt86]

Mine is 2.5 and she's capable of drawing a circle or a line for example (but not usually interested in copying one if you ask her to) and she is starting to be conscious of what she draws and is obviously making some sort of effort to draw something (eg if I show her how to draw a cat) but she will usually just draw a rough circle and then lose focus and just start scribbling instead. Is this normal for this age? X

DD1 was drawing actual people aged 1. With a pencil grip. She's 9 now and a very good artist. DD2 is 4 and has only just picked up a pencil. She draws people too, and she's not that far behind DD1 at that age, actually. She seemed to want to watch a lot first before having a go.

DS was 3.5 before anything started to come

2 years 3 months my niece drew a face ie circle with 2 eyes a nose and a mouth and some hair lol

My little one has no interest at all in drawing or colouring. Everything wás scribble until he was four! Even now, (5) sometimes I have to ask him what something is and he just looks at me and shrugs. He has no idea himself .

Its just because he's not creative. He doesn't care enough about it to want to do it well. For me that's fine. I feel the same about physical exercise.

My DS1 aged 4.5 is still not that bothered. He can draw vague shapes and a person that looks like a typical kid drawing 😂 and only since starting reception will now start to copy his name or patterns or other letters. I don’t think it’s a reflection on ability generally, he can read a bit and is great at maths, but as a PP said, it’s a reflection of what interests them. My 2 year old has a great pen grip (something we still have to remind the older one about!) and asks to draw and colour. His brother just isn’t into drawing!

About 4

My ds was about 4.5 - I showed him how to draw a face and he could copy it. It's only since he's turned 5 that he's started to take more of a interest in drawing from his imagination. He's not actually that fussed with drawing but now they've got less to play with at school because of COVID, he's being doing it more and improving lots.

DD could draw recognizable pictures aged 2 and is now a budding artist aged 4. DS who is 6 can’t draw to save his life but he can do beautiful cursive writing 🤷🏼‍♀️

Seriously? All the problems in the world and when your 2.5 year old will draw a stick man? Pressured children grow into anxious adults

All the problems in the world and you choose to berate a mother trying her best .... Who said I'm putting her under pressure? She's my first child and I am just curious that's all. It's not like I'm going to be sending her to drawing camp all summer if she doesn't do it chill the heck out and don't be so quick to judge. You know NOTHING about how under pressure my very happy child is

My apologies if that came across as if I was berating you. My intention was to point out if your child is happy and healthy then what difference does it make what they can draw? And their ability to draw makes no difference in their development. I didn't say you were pressuring your child. I was saying if they feel pressured they become anxious adults.