Apr 27, 2017
The Tadpole Person
The tadpole person is widely seen as a phenomenon of symbolic development early childhood. Most see this as the child’s first attempt at a realistic drawing. Some believe that the tadpole person represents children’s incomplete ideas on the human body while others focus on how these early drawings differ because of cultural influences. More can be learned from- Cultural perspectives on children’s tadpole drawings: at the interface between representation and production: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4469825/