 Leisure Education, a component of Therapeutic Recreation, is a therapeutic modality that targets individuals with various disabilities. The focus of Leisure Education is to develop and/or enhance leisure awareness, social interaction skills, leisure resources, and/or leisure activity skills to increase an individual’s quality of life. Here are some simple ways to transform traditional activities into a leisure education session!
Leisure Bingo: Turn your traditional Bingo into a Leisure or Recreation Bingo. Create a blank card with 25 squares or for larger squares, make cards with 16 squares. Create on the computer or by hand. Write in a variety of different activities such as bingo, crafts, music, exercise, word games, church, gardening, computers, etc.
Activity A-Z: Name words that begin with each letter of the alphabet based on a recreation/leisure theme. Play individually or as a team. Creativity is often a must for letters X,Y,Z. Sample words: A=Archery, B=Baseball, C=Crafts, D=Dancing, etc.
Recreation Anagram: On a large piece of paper, dry erase board, poster board, etc. write a word related to leisure such as “Recreation”. Have participants make as many small words as they can without repeating letter. Play as individuals or as teams.
Check out this Leisure Education Book!
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Recreation Word Scramble: Mix up the letters of common recreational activities and have participants guess the activity. You can write these words on 8X11 1/2 paper and give copies to each participant or simply write the scrambled words on a large poster board, dry erase board, etc.
Activity Catch: Toss a ball around and ask questions such as: Name a recreational activity you do outside. Name a recreational activity you do while seated. Name a recreational activity you with a partner or as part of a team.
For more information and ideas, check out the Leisure Education inservice.
Introduction to Leisure Education Inservice - 50% OFF |
This 60 minute introductory in-service is designed to assist the Recreation/Activity Director, or Staff Educator in providing an overview of Leisure Education as utilized with older adults and elders. This inservice comes with a handout, teacher's outline, certificate of attendance, inservice sign in sheet, flyer to announce the inservice, an interactive exercise, and an inservice evaluation form. Participants will be able to:
*define Leisure Education.
*state at least 4 benefits of Leisure Education.
*describe at least 4 Leisure Education activities
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