A semiotic analysis of the represented imaginative art works of preschool children

The blief that the traditional education system not raising the young generation up to date has begun to be accepted in our nation as well. Tradition here means the systems that put children in a passive state whom only repeat and replicate. In the communication era, where local perception transforms into global sense, it has become necessary for the individuals to be creative, innovative and foreseeing. The modern education systems that are developed from this point of view focus more on efficient and creative skills of the individual. Art education takes an important place in this improved education approach as the process results into an observable solid product and the visual and plastic problematics that art provides help the child gain experience. Specially improving pre-school children's motor, social and cognitive skills, art education being commonly noticed has enriched the methods to a better understanding of the young individual. One of the methods applied to comprehend the actual meaning beneath the art work is semiology. The art work represented by the signs from art's identification system being considered as a mean of communication tells us the kids' artworks shouldn't only be analyzed psychologically but semiologycially as well. By this means, thesis covers the semiological analyze of artworks created by children aging from 4-6 and the mutual intentions that come out on the basis of ages and sexes throughout the signification process. Keywords: Semiology, Art education, Preschool Education, Children and Creativity, Signification.