Article Confidence Building Role Play Activities

The steps to create perfect confidence building role playing activities are:
1. Identify the situation for e.g. think of a situation like setting up an emergency room in the hospital.
2. Provide the small details. For e.g. provide a bed, first aid box, medicines and resources available with the doctor, escalation numbers etc.
3. Assign the roles like that of the Senior Doctor, the Resident Doctor, Nurse, Helper, Patient, relatives of the patient and so on.
4. Act the Role Play: All the students act according to their assigned roles and probe each other through interrogation, argument, conflict redressal and problem solving so as to create a complex situation.
5. Discussion: The post role play discussion is important to understand the learning that the exercise brought about. The more students talk about it, the more confidence and adept they will feel in a similar situation in the future.
Confidence building as a result of role play is the most common feeling that the students will experience. A plethora of role-play based fun activities for kids will lead them to believe in their ability to handle difficult situations and come out as a winner. Apart from just the know-how of the situation, role playing activities are known to be beneficial in perspective building, anxiety control and language development also. Some ideas for confidence building role playing activities are listed as under:
• Turning down an invitation of a close friend's party
• Redressal of non-payment of bills in a local Court
• Altercation with a traffic policeman
• Job interview
• Stock Exchange Situation
• Handling an accident/Emergency
Many psychologists have stated that role-play based kids learning games help in building positive self esteem and self image. These are the virtues that are needed to handle situations in the adult life also.