The use of cartoons for developing the skills of understanding and analyzing of children in preschool period

Cartoons are a kind of art that show all types of event or condition related to social relationships with a humorous style of thinking. They are similar to the jokes in the sense that they carry an element of wit and they tell a lot with less material. From this aspect they are similar to proverbs and idioms. We can think the cartoons as the forms of jokes turned into images. In preschool period, cartoons can be used as a tool for development of the children's mother tongue. At home, nursery or kindergarten, by providing cartoons fit for the child's physical and mental development, they may be asked to talk about these cartoons. Various question related cartoons could be asked to student. So that, the first steps have been taken for the road going from the cartoons of which main material is line to the literature of which main material is language. Except writing characters all images like pictures, photographs and cartoons are attractive for the child who doesn't know writing. Various cartoons that can be combined with a sense of wonder which is at the top level in preschool period will play an important role in the development of the child's visual reading skills and speaking skills. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu