Reflections of COVID-19 virus on early childhood drawings

Abstract

This research is aimed to investigate the COVID-19 virus reflections in the drawings by children in early childhood. The research was conducted with 30 (K15, E=15) children who volunteered to participate in the study from Batman provincial center in the academic year 2022-2023. In the research, the working group was determined according to the sampling criterion. In this regard, the criteria of "being in early childhood", "residing in Batman province", and "volunteering to participate in the study" were formed and taken into account in the research. In the research, the children were asked "What does the COVID-19 virus look like to you, can you draw a picture of it for me?", the picture was drawn by giving the instruction, and the data were collected by taking the story of the picture in the question. The obtained data were analyzed using QSR NVivo 10 computer program, which is suitable for qualitative data analysis. Descriptive analysis technique was used in the analyses. As a result, it has been seen that fear and anxiety are included in the children's pictures, they place public spots such as wearing masks and social distancing. Realism is included in the picture, the virus is depicted in red and green colours, but in shape it is the same in all children's pictures, which shows that this situation is also active in the isolation process of the press media.