Tehnical sketch drawing in the elementary school

A picture may contain countless information presented without the use of words. We encounter it from our childhood onward and our ability to understand picture messages develops hand in hand with our maturity. Everyone is familiar with an artistic painting, but we more and more frequently encounter the technical sketch drawing, with its most basic form – the sketch, often without even being aware of it. The ability to understand a technical sketch drawing and its content can be of great help to us in our daily lives. Students get to know it in the elementary school, even on grade level. Thesis attempts to establish in what way and how much the technical sketch drawing occurs in individual classes and grades. The overview encompassed expert literature of technical sketch drawing, all textbooks, worksheets of individual science and technical classes. It was discovered that the teaching curriculums expect the usage and learning of technical documentation in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. In textbook materials we searched for different ways of creating a sketch drawing and have asserted that the appearance of a sketch drawing is more an exception than the rule and is most commonly replaced by an illustration or a photo. In order to understand the comprehension abilities of technical drawing of elementary grade level students we studied the literature on the intellectual development of children. We recommend a gradual implementation of technical drawing, from drawing straight lines in first grade for the purposes of creating a draft of simple objects. In second grade we continue with drawing curved lines and combine both for the purposes of drawing more demanding or realistic drafts of 3rd grade objects. In 4th grade we suggest the drawing of a sketch, with which we continue in the 5th grade