Role-playing is fun activity kids will enjoy but aside from being a play, this is a good way to encourage kids to follow their dreams. Check out the benefits and instructions for this how to be a scientist role play activity for preschoolers.
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Children have an infinite ability to learn and dream, likewise are their purposes and goals. Children can visualize themselves in the future, leading the life they want to live.
This ability to dream and set goals is one of the most important skills you should empower in children. Parents, teachers, and caregivers have an important participation in it. Adults greatly influence children, which is decisive to guide them to fulfill their goals and dreams
Although children’s dreams may seem unreal for parents, they must teach their children to believe in themselves. One of the ways to do this is by showing them that they believe in them. That will allow them to grow as a whole and be happy people.
Being aware of the importance of studying and taking on each challenge responsibly, understanding that dreams and goals are achieved through work, effort, and sacrifice. Children must know that they will not always win. Failure is part of reaching success, and they will be more tolerant and have the willingness to stand up from any failure.
It is important to remember that those are children’s dreams and that the parent should not criticize or try to change them; they should be there during the process and make sure that it comes out as well as possible.
One way to materialize children’s dreams is through role play activity. This game is of great importance in their development since through it, children face real-life situations, often personifying the person they want to be in the future. That will help them get a better idea of the world around them.
The role play activity exemplifies what they want to be. Still, they also develop different useful skills for full and better development, allowing them to face day-to-day challenges and achieve goals.
The role-play encourages creativity, language, recognition, and management of emotions, problem-solving, and socialization with their peers.
THEME: ROLE PLAY ACTIVITY
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Children’s dreams and goals – role play
Age: 4-6-year-old children
Goal: Through this role play activity, children will play the role of what they want to do when they grow older, get a real perception of the world surrounding them, and understand the importance of fighting to reach their dreams.
Difficulty level: Advanced. This role play activity is designed to be done autonomously under adult surveillance.
Skills:
- Creativity
- Conflict solution
- Imagination
- Socialization
- Perseverance
- Trust
- Autonomy
- Discipline
MATERIALS
- Various drawings about the child(ren) want to be when they grow older (previously made according to children’s dreams)
- Crayons
- Markers
- Pipe-cleaners
- Foamy
- Scissors
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Make scientist glasses using the foamy.
Step 2:
Use pipe cleaners to make the earpieces for the glasses. Curve them to go around the ears.
Step 3:
Decorate the laboratory equipment.
Step 4:
Then decorate all the science lab equipment and play with them.
ACTIVITY RESULT
A scientist role play activity.
HOW TO DEVELOP THIS ROLE PLAY ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD
You can do this role play activity with younger children. To reduce the difficulty level, children can perform a role play without making the implements that represent their role by themselves. In this way, children will bring to life their dreams and carry out a science activity appropriate to their development and abilities.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OVER 6 YEARS OLD
You can carry out this preschool activity with older children. To increase the difficulty level and make a more eye-catching exercise, they can imagine they are in a city, and each child will perform a different role. In this way, children will understand the importance of every profession and carry out an exercise appropriate to their development and skills.
VIDEO DESCRIPTION – ROLE PLAY
In this video, you will find the step-by-step of the “ROLE PLAY” activity, designed for children 4-6-year-old children. Here they will perform a role play in which they have to create the equipment of what they want to be when becoming adults, using different materials.
This activity will allow children to develop creativity, conflict solution, imagination, socialization, perseverance, trust, autonomy, and discipline.
The materials needed for elaborating the indoor activity are various drawings about children’s desires to be when they grow old, crayons, markers, pipe-cleaners, and foamy.
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