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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to switch roles with your family members? Children become the parents/guardians or the other way around? What is mom like when you’re trying to communicate with her but she is on a screen device? What if the child didn’t complete tasks after being asked multiple times by an adult because they were glued to their technology? This activity is an interactive way to see what is like to be in the shoes of someone else.
Begin by choosing the appropriate grade level for the child or children in your family:
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
- Mobile device
Activity
- Choose 2-3 scenarios for you and your family to play out. For example, Mom is on her social media account and not really listening. If the child is playing the adult, how will the child act out this scenario?
- Choose who will play the roles. Best recommendation is to have children play the adults and the adults play the children.
- Put your best acting skills to work and use actions and phrases that best reflect how your family members would actually respond in that scenario.
- The best way to keep the game interactive and engaging is for participants in the scene to ask questions and give statements that would draw out responses from their scene partner. Scenarios should feel like having a normal conversation.
- If other family members are present, have them record these scenes using a mobile device to playback. You can play your recorded videos for your family to view at a later date.
- After 4-5 minutes, a participant may say SCENE, indicating the scene is over.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about as you do this activity:
- What was it like switching roles?
- Which actions of the characters were accurate?
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
- Mobile device
Activity
- Choose 2-3 scenarios for you and your family to play out. For example, Mom is on her social media account and not really listening. If the child is playing the adult, how will the child act out this scenario?
- Choose who will play the roles. Best recommendation is to have children play the adults and the adults play the children.
- Put your best acting skills to work and use actions and phrases that best reflect how your family members would actually respond in that scenario.
- The best way to keep the game interactive and engaging is for participants in the scene to ask questions and give statements that would draw out responses from their scene partner. Scenarios should feel like having a normal conversation.
- If other family members are present, have them record these scenes using a mobile device to playback. You can play your recorded videos for your family to view at a later date.
- After 4-5 minutes, a participant may say SCENE, indicating the scene is over.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about as you do this activity:
- What was it like switching roles?
- Which actions of the characters were accurate?
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
- Mobile device
Activity
- Choose 2-3 scenarios for you and your family to play out. For example, Mom is on her social media account and not really listening. If the child is playing the adult, how will the child act out this scenario?
- Choose who will play the roles. Best recommendation is to have children play the adults and the adults play the children.
- Put your best acting skills to work and use actions and phrases that best reflect how your family members would actually respond in that scenario.
- The best way to keep the game interactive and engaging is for participants in the scene to ask questions and give statements that would draw out responses from their scene partner. Scenarios should feel like having a normal conversation.
- If other family members are present, have them record these scenes using a mobile device to playback. You can play your recorded videos for your family to view at a later date.
- After 4-5 minutes, a participant may say SCENE, indicating the scene is over.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about as you do this activity:
- What was it like switching roles?
- Which actions of the characters were accurate?
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