A simple question we used to hear as kids was “What do we want when you grow up?”. This simple question surprisingly gives your mind a blow. They want to be an athlete, postman, ice cream man, superhero, or a baywatch. However, because of the cultural influences, gender norms most of the answer would be a doctor. This is because doctors are known for their contribution to the well for the world along with teachers, firefighters, veterinarians and cops. There are also various media at toy stores for them to take a glimpse of what the occupation is like. As an example, if your kid wants to be a doctor, you can buy them a doctor kit for preschool first. During that age, they can change their mind time after time as they grow up.
Kids have their own dream to be a good person. Becoming a doctor is one of their answers. They think that this is a prestigious thing. Kids decided to be a doctor because of various reasons. Such as wanting to help sick people in need or just because seeing their grandmother carrying different color pills. To be a doctor means to have the honour of to be trusted with people’s health. As kids they always want to be a doctor who is truthful, nice and kind. Do role play often with other friends or with their pets or family members with a doctor kit and having the feel of becoming a good doctor later on.
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From any age, it is no trouble to start introducing occupations. As for preschoolers, they must observe when their parents are not around 24 hours with them. This is the baby step to tell them. We need to build some ideas about what is a job and why we need to do the work for living. Start with various common names of occupation first such as doctor, firefighter, cops or veterinarian. After that you can bring more details about the occupations they have known by telling them what they do. It is also better to bring props so they can also take a role play together with you. At the end you have to let students dream big. Talk about why some people want those jobs then let them draw a portrait of themselves on the paper doing that job if possible. This is important to be taught from an early age since it will be useful in everyday life.