ACHIEVEMENT TEST AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS OF SNHSS,OKKAL

 RECREATIONAL GAME

  INTRODUCTION

Recreational games play a very important role for school going children. Recreational games can be incorporated into physical education program to encourage play and activities to the students during their leisure time. recreational gaming has the potential to improve real-life skills like learning, reading, creativity and problem solving. Moderation in playing video games is important to attain these benefits. In contrast, excessive gaming may lead to emotional, physical, and social problems.

MUSICAL CHAIR (FOR AGES 6+)

 

INGREDIENTS:

• Radio or music player

• 2 or more chairs

• 3 or more players

PREPARATION TIME:

10 minutes

RECIPE FOR FUN!

There is no better game than musical chairs to get kids flexing their listening and social and problem-solving skills. A popular birthday party game for kids, it’s also a fun play idea for playdates, scout troops or other get-togethers involving kids. Musical chairs is also a fun idea for grown-up parties to get everyone up, moving, and having fun.

The more players and chairs involved, the longer the game will take. The number of players is only limited by the number of chairs you have handy!

How to Set Up Musical Chairs:

• Count the number of players. 

• Collect chairs equivalent to the number of players, minus one.

• Arrange the chairs in a double line, back to back.

• Instruct the players to walk clockwise in a tight circle around the chairs.

How to Play Musical Chairs:

Start the music and have the players walk clockwise in a circle around the chairs.

Stop the music suddenly, and all players need to sit quickly in an empty chair.

One person will be left standing without a chair, and they will be out of the game.

Another chair is then removed.

The game continues until there is only one person seated in a chair.

That person is the winner of the game.

Tip: Let kids build social skills by navigating sticky situations like what to do when two people try to sit on the same chair. Learning to create and enforce rules is one of the great things kids learn by playing games like musical chairs!

Fun Twists on Classic Musical Chairs Game: For little kids, put out pieces of paper instead of chairs. The kids have to be sitting crisscross applesauce on the paper when the music stops. Having a pool party or birthday bash at a waterpark. Musical beach towels is a fun summer twist on musical chairs.

 

CONCLUSION

Recreational activities help manage stress. It provides a chance to nurture oneself and provides a sense of balance and self-esteem, which can directly reduce anxiety and depression.

Recreational games are activities of varied nature carried out by an individual or a group of people with the aim of having fun, being entertained and enjoying the activity itself. Thus, it is about playful activities, without an established useful or practical purpose, but that exercises and satisfies physical, social and mental aspects of the personality.