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GRIBOUILLAGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
CONT

The physical development produced by scribbling may seem obvious. In her book, "Young at Art", Susan Striker points out that scribbling helps train and strengthen hand and arm muscles needed later for writing. What may not be so obvious is how that the physical movement of scribbling actually greatly contributes to language development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

Demandez à votre enfant d'aller chercher du papier et des crayons pour écrire ensemble. L'enfant apprendra à écrire en vous regardant faire la liste d'épicerie, signer un chèque ou faire des mots croisés. Le gribouillage de votre enfant est sa façon à lui d'imiter ce que vous écrivez.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
DEF

Illegible curly handwriting.

CONT

The squiggle is the imagination symbol. It is the only one of the four forms which is unfamiliar. By combining all the other shapes it creates a design of its own. When you do the same thing in your handwriting, you are using your imagination. Your configurations may not look like the squiggle, but they will have added to then something new and creative which reflect your unique personality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

gribouillage : écriture illisible; dessin, peinture brouillés, informes.

CONT

S'il y a dès le début «expression», elle n'est pas pour autant volontaire; au cours de l'évolution des gribouillis vers le dessin et l'écriture, c'est justement la volonté qui transformera la trace plus ou moins rudimentaire en un «tracé» plus ou moins intentionnellement représentatif.

Spanish

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