MODULE 1 NATURE AND BACKGROUND OF RECREATION

Learning Objectives
At the end of the session the learners are expected to;
1.define recreation,
2.determine the nature and background of recreation,
3.identify various indoor and outdoor recreational activities.

What is RECREATION?
• Derived from the latin word recreare which means to be refreshed.
• Relaxing the mind and the body.
• Relieves a day-to-day tension.

Recreational Activities
 are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be “fun”.
 gives opportunity to be creative, to express basic needs, and to be your real self.

Existence time – is the time spent for biological needs like having meal, sleeping and other personal care.

Subsistence time – refers to the hours spent for economic purposes such as going to work, chores, and for
students the hours spent in school and school work.

Free time – is all the remaining time.

Classifications of Recreational Activities

SPECTATOR TYPE
• People spend their time watching the event and derive enjoyment from it.
PARTICIPANT TYPE
• People do not gain enjoyment merely by watching; they do so by joining the activity.

Type of Recreation
Active Type
• People have to function effectively in performing the action
Passive Type
• People have no excessive movement in performing the task or action.
 SCOPE OF RECREATION

INDOOR RECREATION
They are undertaken on the comfort of one’s home or more specifically indoor and they are to recreate the
mind and soul.
There are well-established clubs or recreation centers that have well-equipped indoor leisure facilities,
which cater for sports activities for all ages and abilities, but it can be done just at home for simple activities.

INDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Table games: Bingo, Uno
• Hobbies and Crafts: Woodworking, Photography, Needlework/Sewing, Collecting, Drawing & Painting
• Computer Games
• Electronic Games: Play station, Nintendo
• Reading: Books, Books on Tape, Ebook
• Physical Fitness: Fitness walking, Swimming, Roller-skating, Weight Training, Aerobics
• Lifetime Skills: Bowling, Pool, Ping Pong, Football, Darts, Air Hockey, Racquet Sports, Climbing Wall
/ Rock Climbing
• Dance

OUTDOOR RECREATION
They are organized activities done during one’s free time for his/her own personal reasons where an
interaction between man and an element of nature is present.

Outdoor Recreational Activities

LAND WATER AIR

Mountaineering Swimming Parasailing
Trekking/Hiking Snorkeling Skydiving
Camping Diving Paragliding
Backpacking Surfing
Picnic Canoeing
Bird-watching Kayaking
Mountain Biking Whitewater Rafting
Orienteering Sailing
Canyoneering Fishing
Rock Climbing Bamboo Rafting
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ACTIVITY 1
1. List down the recreational activities that you usually do.

2. What do you feel as you do the activities?

WORD HUNT. Search for 19 Outdoor Activities. Encircle each word.

D H T E S D G K O P V G Y I B A W F B J L I U B C C X A D N
L E R A F T I N G R G O S G H E N A B A Y D E A F V Y T H M
J H N T F G D E S A F H N D F E S G S Q W V N G H J Y G F D
B N N B G F D D R T Y I J K L M J U Y H H O G F T Y U N I O
O P I T R R E D S P D X C S A A W S X V E B N M J J H I V C
D R F D S A A S D I C V F G H J N M H I F D C V B N M K R R
M D J T E E S X L C V C G G N G T F N P O P P I J G F I D T
O S R R O S H G F N L D W S P S F G F Q B V D W F E Q B Q T
U D F L E A A K O I A S E R F X O H S A A X E E E R A N A R
N S G B Y R E A O C T D D A D C S A I L I N G D S T S G Z E
T X D O A O R Y F S E C D T D T X O I S B D D C A F Z F W D
A C E P J C F A D T M S E W V F P N N G N I L E K R O N S F
I D E K H K A K P A V B W V B D N D G M S F E V A M W E S K
N F C A N N A D A R C A W I N S P A G F T G W F S A S W X K
E F C M D E D E R B H R S R M F U C O S B H S R A S X Q E I
E B V I I E T F K U E D C R G M T T F N T R E K K I N G D J
R H G S D I V I N G R C V Y F G I Y D L B E D G A T C E C H
I N G E N D G B H K T O B E R H D N S S D S C H Y E D O R G
N H H T I D H O A S A O N C E H O F G B M A F B A R E P F F
G G J A J F J W R W R S H R W B T D A F T W V F K I R Y V D
D Y I F E G U A V I J C H G N I K I H D N D D Y I I F H T W
D U I O P V I R E H A D K E S J V C D L R V S I N J V U G G
W I L R L E P N E I V Q J S D T B A H L H T W U G K B Y B N
S O O M U I T R S T C F N M D Y T R L T Y G Q Y D L G P N I
H O P R G E P O T E H B N C A M P I N G M H S I F F T O H V
Y P P F E O U W P C P H M F Q U T C S N Y J X N W R Y I P I
T L G R O C K C L I M B I N G J F T Y E T N C G T J H L O D
I C I H O Q H F O H S G H R D K F G N I H S I F E M N K I Y
O N R N N A J A O O A T T S S L D F W F V M V B R D M U U K
G Q S M M S R N B I R D W A T C H I N G D J G G A Q J Y T S
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ACTIVITY 2
1.What are the benefits of outdoor creation?

2. What are the important things that should be remembered when participating in an outdoor recreational
activity?