At the age of 5-6, children's drawings take on a different shape. When they begin to draw animal shapes and figures, each of them has a symbolic meaning, sometimes expressing personality traits and sometimes hidden desires. The following article is extremely practical to understand the cases.

At the age of 5-6 years, as a result of cognitive development, the child is trained to be more observant, more attentive, more accurate and possesses a richer language, which means that he manages to easily perceive differences in what he sees. However, at this age and among the years that follow, the child continues to draw not what he sees directly, but more what he knows about things. At this stage drawing is more a representation of concepts and meanings by the child than reproduction (Ferraris, 2012).

For this reason, it is not uncommon for drawings at this age to encounter the presentation of details that may not be essential but that are meaningful to the child. On the other hand, the opposite can happen; the child does not graphically represent elements that are visible to children at this stage, but are concerned precisely with understanding the “mistakes” they make during the graphic presentation. Understanding these mistakes would reveal the needs and interests of the child.

When the drawings take on a different shape, animal shapes and figures appear, where each has a symbolic meaning, sometimes expressing personality traits and sometimes hidden desires (Ferraris, 2012):

• Cat - curiosity, liveliness, cunning.

• Dog - need to make affective connections, kindness.

• Snake - a symbol of sexuality, reflective ability, care and reservation

• Wildlife, wolf, lion, tiger- aggression, impulsivity, pride, pursuit of autonomy.

• Monkey - elements indicative of an intelligence, liveliness and innocence.

• Horse - energy, premature sexual maturity, joy.

• Dragon - courage, will, optimism.

• Fish - a phallic symbol, fantasy, serenity.

• Birds - need warmth.

• Spider - by the nature of the insect it represents, in this case there is a negative emotional color this drawing. If the spider represents one of the family members or someone else, one can think of a problematic relationship with him.

• Rabbit - shyness, need for protection./portalishkollor/