Why is it easier for a child (ages 5 and 6) to tell a story using pictures or drawings instead of using words?

Question

And by using words, I do not mean talking, I mean writing

Answer 1

The average 5-6 year old child has a working vocabulary of about 10,000 words. By that I mean the spoken and comprehensive vocabulary. Those are words a child both uses and understands. On the other hand, their written vocabulary is much more limited, anywhere from essentially none to a few hundred, depending on how advanced their reading and writing skills are. The 6 year old obviously would be more advanced in this on average than a 5 year old, and girls would tend to exceed boys in ability. Since there is such a large gap between the vocabulary they can speak and the one they can write, naturally they would find it easier to express themselves through drawing rather than writing words. It's also faster for them to do as a general rule, since the physical challenge of writing tires them faster than drawing. The fine motor control needed to form the letters is still a skill being mastered, where that needed to draw is less demanding for them. It just comes down to a matter of what the child finds easier to do based on the skills they have.

Answer 2

Because 5 and 6-year-olds have not developed a sophisticated enough vocabulary or facility in writing--a learned form of literacy, yet. Drawing pictures is a different kind of cognitive process.

Answer 3

because they are still working on processing the relationship between spoken language and written language
they may not have the fine motor control to print letters
they may not have the phonemic awareness and phonics skills necessary to record a story
so drawing in the age appropriate way for a child of that age to communicate and record thoughts.

Answer 4

Because they don't have tha bility to write words well. Normally around this ages they are in Kindergarten and learning to write words. Your childs teacher will work on teaching your child to sound words out.

Answer 5

Because a child does not have the vocabulary to verbally describe what he or she sees, whereas his or her visual sense is rather well refined.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

if your kids like pictures better than words, may be they're visual learners. If they like listening , they're auditory learners If they like moving when they're learning, they're kinesthetic learners.Some kids also learn better by touching things, sensing or tasting.

Answer 8

one they know fewer words and two they are still developing motor skills to use in writng words and they are still learning the meaning of words.

Answer 9

Because they have not developed the written vocabulary for it yet.

Answer 10

For some. It depends on their style. Some communicate better verbally, while others communicate better artistically.