For daycare and preschool kids (and even early kindergarteners), it’s pretty standard for the teacher to interview the kids and write down their answers. I’m always excited to see how my kids conceptualize me this way.
Now, Vincent’s paper? No way a five-year-old wrote that.
Yes, that’s what I’m saying. The one on the right was written by the five year old, by his own hand (and honestly looks a bit too nice for him, too, but as a cartoonist she does have to make it reasonably legible for the audience). The one on the left, conversely, was transcribed by the two-year-old’s teacher, during an interview wherein she asked him questions and wrote his answers down. The “see me” is a message for the parent, not the student.
Edit: I do think that the placement of the kids in the bottom panels does confuse this a bit. The younger kid is on the mom’s left, so it’s in the first panel; but then we switch to the other perspective and see them from a third person viewpoint where he appears on the right side of the frame (even though he’s still on his mom’s left).
For daycare and preschool kids (and even early kindergarteners), it’s pretty standard for the teacher to interview the kids and write down their answers. I’m always excited to see how my kids conceptualize me this way.
Now, Vincent’s paper? No way a five-year-old wrote that.
What throws me off is that the handwriting on the right seems like it’s intended to look more like a child’s handwriting
Yes, that’s what I’m saying. The one on the right was written by the five year old, by his own hand (and honestly looks a bit too nice for him, too, but as a cartoonist she does have to make it reasonably legible for the audience). The one on the left, conversely, was transcribed by the two-year-old’s teacher, during an interview wherein she asked him questions and wrote his answers down. The “see me” is a message for the parent, not the student.
Edit: I do think that the placement of the kids in the bottom panels does confuse this a bit. The younger kid is on the mom’s left, so it’s in the first panel; but then we switch to the other perspective and see them from a third person viewpoint where he appears on the right side of the frame (even though he’s still on his mom’s left).