Leisure Activities
A type of relaxation leisure activity that involves breathing exercises, meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures/movements.
What is yoga?
A type of leisure activity that may help a person cope with anxiety.
What is ____________? (decided by Rec Therapist).
A place you can go to find out information on what type of leisure options are available near them. (Hint) You can also watch funny cat videos here.
What is the internet.
An activity that can be done anywhere, but most often at a park or in your neighborhood that improves physical health and can help with anxiety.
What is walking?
A place you can visit to see historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interests and exhibits.
What is a museum?
Name this cognitive leisure activity, which includes a grid of squares and blanks into which words cross vertically and horizontally and are filled in according to clues.
What is a crossword puzzle?
List two leisure activities that may help an individual manage their anger.
What is exercising, talking to a friend, listening to music, punching a pillow.
a building containing collections of books and sometimes films, podcast equipment, sports equipment, musical instruments, building tools, video games or music for people to and borrow.
For extra bonus points: What do you need to get a library card?
What is the library?
What is proof of address in city/county limits.
Name two benefits of leisure activities for your physical health.
What is decrease stress, improve cardiovascular health, improve muscular strength and functional fitness.
The name of a place where you can go roll, strike, and get a turkey.
What is a bowling alley?
This category of leisure involves exercising your body/movement. Some examples are aerobics and football.
What are physical activities?
This type of activity involves writing down thoughts, feelings, ideas.
What is Journaling?
a outdoor space that often has benches, tables and lots of green space to relax, socialize or people watch.
What is 1-2 activities you could do here to bring happiness to yourself?
What is a park?
Throw a frisbee, go for a jog, play with your dog.
A benefit of cognitive games like sudoku, crossworkds, and cardgames.
What is challenging your mind, enhancing your ability to pay attention, problem-solving skills, improving your memory?
A place where you can go to relieve stress, improve physical health, and increase self-esteem.
What is the gym?
Praying, meditation, religious services are all examples of this type of activity.
What are spiritual activities?
A creative way to self-express, create and cope with emotions using pencils/crayons/markers?
What is drawing/colouring?
This transportation system allows people to travel quickly from one end of the city to the other at a low or free cost.
What is the bus system?
What are 1-2 things you would have to before planning to ride the bus?
After an individual finishes an arts & crafts project, bakes cookies or builds a table, a person may experience this feeling.
What is a sense of accomplishment?
A place people visit and spend time overnight in the outdoors and do activities like hiking and swimming?
What is a state, city, BLM, DNR, or national park?
These 5 categories are considered areas or domains of wellness/health and leisure activities.
What is social, emotional/mental, intellectual, physical and spiritual areas/domains.
Create a sales pitch for why someone should play Basketball for their mental health.
What is increase teamwork, decrease anger/depression, increase self-confidence, have fun, etc.
This local recreation agency is available in almost all towns and counties. This agency typically provides both the place and the leisure activity; it can be free or low cost.
What is Parks and Recreation
What are 1-2 leisure options do you think a parks and recreation offer to an adult?
What is serotonin, dopamine or endorphins.
A large outdoor event with rides, shows, refreshments, games of chance/skill, and other forms of entertainment.
What is an carnival, fair or amusement park?