CORPEH

• Ability to direct leisure activities


  • Shared by both youth and adult leaders
  • Recreational activities are beneficial in fostering interpersonal relationships, encouraging young people to think imaginatively, assisting them in focusing their attention and letting out their wiggles, and facilitating transitions
• How to Lead Recreational Activities

  1. Choosing the right activities

  2. Tips for leading activities
• Fit


  Consider the audience, their interests, grade levels, ability levels
• Fun


  Recreational activities must be enjoyable, adhere to Experiential Learning Model (engage, reflect, apply)
• Safe


  Physical safety, psychological safety (sense of belonging, positive connections)
• For all


  Activity is fair and inclusive for all individuals, consider modifications to ensure participation
• Trust


  Use Extension or University resources to find activities with FUN and other characteristics
• Time


  Consider how the world has evolved, make necessary modifications to make the resource current and relevant
• Tips for leading activities


  • Lead with enthusiasm
  • Plan for the setting
  • Speak loudly and clearly
  • Practice ahead of time
  • Mistakes happen
• Lead with enthusiasm


  If you’re not excited or having fun, it’s unlikely that the participants will

  either.
• Plan for the setting you'll be in

  Think about space, the number of people, how much time you’ll

  have, etc.
• Speak loudly and clearly so everyone can hear


  If you have participants with hearing difficulties,

  consider ensuring the group listens to you.
• Practice ahead of time


  Even if you know the game or activity well, it can help to practice how you will explain it, so others understand.
• Mistakes happen


  Remind participants that recreational activities are for fun and that sometimes people make mistakes. Ignore minor errors and correct more significant mistakes kindly. Then, move on.