We may say that as gesture accompanied spoken language, so drawing is the gesture which accompanies written language. This, however, is one of those things we cannot teach. But by the preparation just described, the child becomes master of his own hand and he will exercise it. We now only need to wait and see if that which should come, will come. And in general we shall find that there will be only rare cases of children who do not draw.
Drawing comes spontaneously.
T he children Dr. Montessori described had acquired the ability to draw and were free. And being free they expressed what they felt. If they stop drawing, it means that they are dissatisfied with their ability to express themselves. It does not seem so. T he free spirit of man who has the physical ability to express himself will use this ability not in copying but also in free composition.