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I don't find that odd at all and here is why: At kindergarten level 'art' is very structured with coloring inside the lines and tracing a picture. For a child that shows true talent it can be frustrating. I had substitute teached in kindergarten and one day was asked to be the teacher's aide. So I was there when the teacher was putting together the Mother's Day projects and I came across this one picture that to the typical eye would look like scribble and nothing else but clearly the child had talent. Her figures had volume and details and were incredibly whimsical but the teacher argued that the child was nothing of the sort since she won't color inside the lines. So I had a nice little conversation with the teacher about conforming kids like this and she should allow her a little freedom and just see what she can do.

Chris, my DD 25 mos. is like yours.. big circles mean anything worth drawing.

Part of my DD's problem is me - I have refused to let her have crayons. She eats them. But we just started finger painting last week and also started using crayons for the bathtub.

Tonight she was doodling in the bathtub. "I'll draw you, Mama," she said and she passionately put down wild scribbles. Then she drew another one that was distinctly a round head and my long hair and two eyes. I was SHOCKED. I said, "Wow! Can you draw my smile?" but instead of a mouth she drew a tight little squiggle over my forehead and then said, "There is your smile and here are your wings" and drew two wings behind me. "You're an angel," she said. Hmmmm. Last time I checked I wasn't dead. (What she lacks in hand skills she more than makes up for in imagination.)

DH and I are both artistic and I have every art supply you can think of. I'm just waiting for DD to stop eating things so we can do art together all day long!

My MIL 82 has a notebook her father made of her early drawings. They are titled and dated and show when she could draw a head, body, eyes, etc. It is an amazing addition to her baby book!

My DS shocked us around 18 months old. He drew a face with eyes, a nose, and a mouth and two really long lines coming from his eyes. He explained to us those were eyebrows. I had NO idea this was not normal until our DD was born. She is just now at 3yrs 4mos starting to draw a bit more than scribble scrabble.