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The essence of theme-based role-playing games for preschoolers is games where children will embody different characters such as firefighters, doctors, princesses, etc., to meet the need for imitation of adults. Here are some interesting theme-based role-playing games for you to consider.
Meaningful and Engaging Role-playing Games for Children
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Article Contents:
1. Role-playing Game themed around Doctor Profession.
2. Role-playing Game themed around Culinary Professions.
3. Role-playing Game themed around Grocery Shopping.
4. Role-playing Game themed around Summer and Seasons: Refreshment Stand.
5. Role-playing Game themed around Hairdresser Profession.
6. Role-playing Game themed around Veterinarian Profession.
7. Role-playing Game themed around Sales Profession.
8. Role-playing Game themed around Birthday.
9. Role-playing Game themed around Family.
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1. Role-playing Game themed around Doctor Profession
Let's engage the kids by having one of them take on the role of a patient while the others play doctors and nurses. As the doctors examine the patient, the nurses assist, following the doctors' instructions. The patient follows the advice given by the doctors and nurses. By stepping into the roles of doctors and nurses, the children learn to take charge of situations. When they visit the hospital, they understand their roles better because everything is vividly recreated in the game.
To make it more engaging and educational for the kids to play doctor, teachers should provide specific and detailed guidance, such as demonstrating procedures, using appropriate language, and handling equipment. For example, before entering the examination room, teachers should inform the children about what will happen next, like waiting in the waiting room, seeing doctors and nurses wearing white coats, etc., to help them understand what to expect at the hospital and to build trust in doctors and nurses.
In this game, children will role-play as doctors and nurses, gaining a better understanding of these professions and developing their language skills by interacting with their peers.
* Prepare the props for the game:
- Doctor's tools
- Doctor's hat
- Bandages
- Stethoscope
2. Role-playing game based on the theme of cooking professions
In the cooking professions role-playing game, children will invent new ways to play, learn, and share toys with their peers. They will take on the roles of chefs and food vendors, serving their friends as customers. Playing with peers of the same age group, children will learn how to cooperate, share toys, divide tasks effectively, and resolve conflicts while playing. Through this game, children will improve their communication skills, become more confident, and develop better social skills.
Children will role-play as chefs and vendors, cooking dishes for their customers or making porridge for a sick person. Through creative gameplay, they will learn how to show care and consideration. Additionally, teachers should remind children to tidy up their toys after playing to instill good habits. This helps children develop habits of care and organization, so that as they grow up, they will be able to take care of tasks and organize things neatly.
* Equipment preparation:
- Plastic plate
- Doll
- Pots, pans, toy stove
- ...
3. Role-playing game based on the theme of grocery shopping at the supermarket
* Purpose of the game: To help children recognize various items and use language more flexibly.
* Preparation of equipment: The store sells educational supplies and toys such as pencils, comics, boards, notebooks, chalk, books ...
* How to play: Children working in the store will organize items according to their uses. Another group of children will come to the store to buy items. Purchased items will be put into a basket, taken to the counter to be paid for. After the customers finish their purchases, the shopkeeper will express gratitude.
4. Role-playing game based on the theme of summer and the seasons of the year: Refreshment stand
The refreshment stand game is one of the very useful role-playing games for children to play together. Teachers should prepare a variety of drinks for children, such as fruit juices, lemonades, teas, coconut water ... Additionally, teachers need to explain to children that all the drinks offered are good for health and help cool down on hot summer days ...
5. Role-playing game based on the theme of hairstylist profession
This game is also very exciting for preschoolers to role-play and unleash their creativity, helping them to understand all professions.
* Preparation:
- Comb
- Toy hair curlers
- Plastic scissors
- Hair ties, hair clips
Teachers create scenarios where customers enter the hair salon, and the hairstylist greets them, asking how they would like their hair done. Then, they proceed to take care of the customers' hair...
6. Role-playing game based on the theme of veterinarian profession
Teachers assign children to role-play as veterinarian to examine animals. Through this game, children will develop language skills, gain a better understanding of the profession, and learn about different body parts of animals.
* Preparation:
- Tools and equipment of the veterinarian
- Toy animals such as rabbits, chickens, ducks, bears ...
7. Role-playing game based on the theme of sales profession
Similar to the grocery shopping game, this sales game helps children understand more about the job of selling, realizing the value of things around them.
* Preparation: Toys simulating shrimp, crabs, vegetables, roots, fruits ...
* How to play:
- Require one group of children to role-play as shopkeepers to organize various types of food items.
- Another group of children will role-play as customers and make requests such as 'Shopkeeper, please sell me a pack of candies ...'. The customers pay and say thank you. Then, the customer and the shopkeeper bid farewell to each other.
8. Role-playing game based on the theme of birthday
* Purpose: Develop communication language and behavior for children.
* Preparation:
- Items and toys for gifts.
- Cakes, candies, and fruits (brought by the class or parents to organize the birthday party in the classroom).
- Entertainment programs such as singing, poetry reading, or storytelling.
- Children decorate the classroom together.
- The teacher informs the whole class about the birthday of the child during the week or month and plans the celebration with the child. Children make gifts such as molding clay fruits, drawing, or giving toys to their friends.
* How to play:
- Organize birthday parties for children: Individual or group celebrations are both acceptable.
- During the birthday party, children should introduce themselves and express their feelings on their birthday in front of their peers.
- The entire class presents gifts to the birthday child and sends them best wishes.
- Perform entertainment acts, eat cakes, candies, and fruits.
- End of the birthday: The birthday child thanks their friends, says goodbye, and bids farewell when leaving.
9. Role-playing game based on the theme of family
Not only does family role-playing develop language skills for children, but it also helps them develop emotions, relationships, and their communication abilities. By 1.5 years old, children already know how to 'pretend', for example, holding a cup to pretend to drink water. During this period, the content and props of the game come from daily activities, starting from simple plastic cups. By the age of 2, children have developed a bit more imagination, and teachers should provide them with more complex family role-playing games. For example, teachers can assign roles like father, mother, grandparents... Parents and grandparents love and take care of their children and grandchildren. Children learn to obey and show respect to their parents and grandparents.
The significance of role-playing games based on the theme for preschoolers is to help them gradually familiarize themselves with adult society, such as exploring relationships within families, colleagues; recognizing themselves as independent individuals, having thoughts compatible or incompatible with others; forming desires about professions ... Therefore, letting children play these games regularly will help them develop more comprehensively.
Stable and transitional play activities for preschoolers are also games that help children develop well, not only in language and speech but also in intelligence and emotions. Some stable and transitional play activities for preschoolers include playing as little rabbits, cooking, catching butterflies, tall and short, duck laying eggs ...
