- Recreational activities are held during special occasions to revitalize physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being. - Activities are classified as spectator, participant, active, or passive type and can be public, private, or commercial. - Popular recreational games include Scrabble, Chinese Checkers, Dominoes, and Snakes and Ladders which provide enjoyment and teach lessons. - Recreation involves voluntary activity that occurs during leisure time and provides benefits like physical and psychological health as well as social well-being.

1. •Held during special occasions
•Revitalize all the different
aspects of life
(physical, mental, social, e
motional)
•All activities are held for
everybody’s enjoyment and

2. Recreation

3. Classifications of
Recreational Activities
Spectator Type
Participant Type

4. Spectator Type
People spend
their time
watching the
event and
derive
enjoyment
from it

5. Participant Type
People do not
gain
enjoyment
merely by
watching; they
do so by
joining the
activity

7. Active Type

8. Passive Type
People have
no excessive
movement
in
performing
the task or
action

9. Physical and Mental

10. Physical Activity
People
exerts
efforts and
bodily
functions
in
performing
the action

11. Mental Activity
The mind
is doing
the
functions
with less
body
movement

12. Public,
Private
and
Commercial

13. Public Type
Involves
the
general
public

14. Private Type
Confined to
people
working in a
private
companies

15. Endorsing
products which
are open to
everybody
Commercial
Type

16. Recreational Games

17. Scrabble
•To grope frantically
•Invented by
Alfred Mosher Butts
•Originally known as
Criss-Criss-Word

18. Chinese Checkers
•Played
with a
six-
pointer
star-
shaped
board

19. Dominoes
•A French word for the black and white hoods
worn by Catholic priest in winter. It was played in
Europe in 18th century (Italy in the courts of
venice and Naples)

20. Snakes and Ladders
•Originated in India
•A game of morality with the bases of the ladders
representing good
•Snakes representing various forms of evil
•Teach children about religion

21. Characteristics of Recreation
 Involves Activity
 No single form
 Determined by motivation
 Occurs in unobligated time
 Voluntary participated
 Universally sought and
practical
 By- products
 Gives direct satisfaction

22. Values in Leisure and Recreation
Physical Health
Psychological Health
Social well-being
Emotional stability
Big business

23. Scope of Recreation
 Indoor Activities
a. Games and Sports: chess, parlor games
b. Dance Activities: stop dance, trip to Jerusalem
c. Music Activities: singing, instrumental playing
d. Drama Activities: story telling, comedy skits
e. Arts and Crafts: origami, pop- up cards
f. Hobby and Collecting Activities: cooking,
dancing, stamp
collections, antique
collection

24. Outdoor Activities
a. Games and Sports: dual and team sports
b. Dance Activities: street dancing, aerobics
c. Music Activities: singing contest during
fiesta
d. Nature and Outdoor Activities:
camping, hiking, field
trips, picnic, excursions
e. Arts and Crafts: painting, drawing
f. Hobby and Collecting Activities:
f.1. bowling,tennis,
f.2. billiard, fishing

25. Assignment:
Bring P.E. attire
and rubber shoes.

26. Quote:
Recreation's purpose is not to
kill time, but to make life, not
to keep a person occupied, but
to keep them refreshed; no to
offer an escape from life, but
to provide a discovery of life.
---Author Unknown

27. Thank You
for listening..
Have a nice day….
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