1991 年 39 巻 1 号 p. 102-110
This study was conducted in order to analyze the nature of scribbles done by 1-and 2-year-old children on their picture books and to investigate the drawing activity during the so-called scribbling stage. Scribbles data were analyzed on the position and the mode of scribbles marked in the picture stimuli. The results were as follows.(1) Scribbles were frequently given on the main picture stimuli of the books (person, animal and vehicle).(2) The picture stimuli of person and animal were marked on the faces, especially eyes and mouths by the 2-year-old.(3) The mode of scribbles were divided into 5 types of line drawing (random, concentrating, enclosing, painting and tracing). Many random scribbles were found ; as they were few for the other 4 types, it was suggested that their types had connections with the figurative aspects of picture stimuli.(4) Developmentally, scribbles changed from obscure and rough responses to definite and differentiative ones. These results showed the representative nature of scribbles and the beginning of drawing activity with them.