RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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Our lives are so busy that most of us have forgotten how important it is to set apart
time for fun, leisure, and recreation. You need to understand the importance of
balancing your life with work and recreational activities to improve.

RECREATION
- anything that is stimulating and rejuvenating for an individual.
- some people enjoys nature hikes, others are mountain climbing.
- integral of our lives
- universal need of a man
- it is important in our mind and body in a positive and healthy way.
- it relaxes your mind and body
- it relieves your day to day tension

VALUES DERIVED FROM RECREATION

1. Mental Health
2. Physical and Health Growth
3. Emotional Stability
4. Social Fitness
5. Psychological Awareness

TYPES OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. PHYSICAL
 Minor Sports
 Group Games
 Camping
 Outing

2. SOCIAL
 Social Dancing
 Parties
 Parlor Games
 Participation

3. CULTURAL
 Arts and Crafts
 Glee Club or music ministries
 Dramatic Guilds or theatre arts
 Dance Troupes
 Writing and painting

4. INTELLECTUAL
 Song
 Poetry
 Jingle
 Short Story Writing
 Puzzle
 Board Games

BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS RECREATIONAL

ACTIVITIES
The Benefits of Participating in various recreational activities are endless; part of
our lives
 Happy - Be happier, feel GREAT
 Build Family Unity - Harmony, understanding, love, and happiness
 Looking Better - peaceful mind, control weight, look better and build strong
bodies
 Long Life - diminish change of disease
 Self-esteem - gaining self-esteem
 Be Less Boring - eliminate loneliness and conquer boredom

FACTORS AND BARRIERS OF DOING RECREATIONAL

ACTIVITIES
 Among the factors that determine recreational activity, the significant role is
played by financial factors, lack of interest in recreational activity, lack of free time
and recreational equipment. Affects good mood of individuals.

HOW IMPORTANT IS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR

YOU?
 It helps you stay physically strong, fit and healthy. This is good for removing
sluggishness, prevents unwanted diseases, gives you better levels of concentration
and helps you stay focused.
 It gives a person a better level of confidence, good memory, emotional and
mental stability, optimism, excellent decision-making skills, and independence. It’s
highly unlikely that they suffer from tension, worries, anxiety, stress, confusion, or
anger.