Among the countless games that children often play, role-playing games have a special meaning for children, especially for preschool children. But to understand it and take advantage of its benefits to promote the baby’s development, not many people know. That is why we researched and wrote articles to share with parents.
Let’s go find out together!
1. What is a role-playing game?
A role-playing game is a type of game that, when played by children, simulates some aspect of adult life in society by “impersonating” a certain character to perform their social function by symbolic action.
This game occupies the central position of play and plays a key role in the development of young children. Specifically, how to play the role, we will find out in the second part.
2.The benefits of role-playing games for children
Role-playing is a key activity for the development of young children, because thanks to that, personality – a new psychological structure of children is forming and preschool age is considered an important stage in children’s life. the development process – the first stage of the process of forming a person’s personality – with the obvious fact that personality can only be formed during the implementation of social relationships.
The effects of role-playing games on a baby’s development:
- Forming intentionality
Play activities strongly influence the formation of intention in psychological processes. When participating in games, especially role-playing games, the child is forced to pay attention and remember purposefully, because the game itself requires the child to focus on the objects, given the situation of the game and the content of the subject. If the child is not paying attention and remembering the conditions of the game, he will act rashly and risk being kicked out by his playmates.
- Developing thinking
The situation of the game and the actions of the role play often affect the development of the child’s thinking. In the game, the child learns to act with dummy objects that are symbolic symbols and becomes the object of thought. While acting with the object, the child learns to think about the real object, gradually the actions of playing with the external substitute are reduced and generalized.
Thus, the game contributes greatly to the transfer of thinking from the outer plane (visual thinking – action) and the inner plane (visual thinking – image). Simultaneously, role-playing allows the child to stand on the point of view of others, to predict their upcoming behavior, and on that basis, to plan their actions and organize their own behavior.
- Develop imagination
Role-playing games play a decisive role in the development of preschool children’s imagination. When participating in role-playing games, children act with substitutes, accept different roles, create play situations, etc. This ability is the basis for developing imagination. Towards the end of kindergarten. Children have the ability to transfer their imaginations from the outside to the inside. Children have learned to build new situations in their imagination to create more and more rich play situations, such as in the game “Cooking”, one child plays the role of a chef, the other child acts as a porter, a guest as a guest… that will create the scene.
- Language development
Play activities greatly influence the language development of preschool children. The play situation requires the child involved to have a certain level of verbal communication. If it does not clearly express its wishes and opinions, if it does not understand the discussion or instructions of its fellow players, it cannot participate in the game. In order to meet the requirements of the game, the child must speak clearly, so that the child’s language develops rapidly.
- Developing love life
Role-playing games have a very strong impact on the emotional life of preschool children. Through each role played in a variety of play situations, children experience being expressed in many different play situations, children experience human emotions with rich nuances: in the play the role of a doctor, the child is very worried about the patient’s condition, the chef is very worried because the food is not cooked, Thanks to such experiences, the roles play the children’s emotional life deeper and richer and richer
- Developing the quality of will
The will qualities of preschool children are formed and developed through participation in games, especially role-playing games. Playing this or that role in relation to other roles of the game forces the child to regulate his or her behavior in accordance with the requirements of the game, for example “doctor” should not scold the patient., should be gently cared for, repair engineers must have a careful and meticulous personality, … children gradually know how to control their behavior according to social standards through role plays. As a result, children form social communication skills appropriate to roles, situations, …
Those are the benefits that role-playing games bring. Hopefully from there, parents can choose related games to promote their baby’s faster development.
