Preschool Children Intellectual Maturity Through Figure Drawing (67 - 77)

Abstract

Preschool children intellectual maturity can be identified through figure drawing. This research is to investigate preschool children intellectual maturity through figure drawing that includes parts of the body, clothing, decorative accessories and school tools. The samples of this research were fifty-six children from two preschools. Twenty-eight children from Preschool A is a control group and twenty-eight from Preschool B is a treatment group that uses the Children's Figure Drawings Manual as a guide for children to draw. Data were analyzed through children figure drawing. Findings of research showed that intellectual maturity level of children who use the manual was higher compared with children who do not use the manual.