RECREATION

Distinction Between Recreation and Amusement

Recreation• Adds vigor• Refreshment for

mind and body• Strengthen and

build up

Amusement• Sought for the

sake of pleasure• Carried to excess• Absorbs energies

required for work• A hindrance to

success

The Body’s Inactivity

•The whole body is designed for action.•The mental powers cannot be effectively used without physical power.

What Happens in the Modern Family

Physical inaction in the schoolroomInsufficient ventilationIll-formed seats encourage unnatural positions

Air laden with impurities and germs of diseases

“No wonder that in the schoolroom the foundation of lifelong illness is so often laid.”

The Ideal Start for Our Children Children should not be long

confined within doors.For the first eight or ten years

of a child's life :the field or garden is the best

schoolroom the mother the best teacher

nature the best lesson book

“One’s health should be regarded as of greater importance than a

knowledge of books.”

A Delicate BalanceTime spent in physical exercise is not lost.He who studies continually will find that

soon the mind will lose its freshness.

Physical

Development

Mental Study

Great

Development

Poor circulation

Increase

s mental

susceptibility

Difficult to arouse

moral

nature

Physical Power and Moral PowerPhysical inaction lessens not

only mental but moral power.The brain is the medium

between heaven and man.

Excessive activity has a similar effect to the arousal of moral nature.

Excessive study, by increasing the flow of blood to the brain leads to the following events.

Morbid excitabilit

y

Lessen self-

controlImpulsive

actions

Unsuitable Recreation•Sports impacts on success in school as well as in spirituality.•Some of the contact sports, have become schools of brutality.

Results of Unsuitable RecreationThe love of dominationThe pride in mere brute forceThe reckless disregard of lifeLove of pleasure and excitementA distaste for useful laborA disposition to shun practical duties

and responsibilities

“Essentially, it is a hindrance to real growth!”

Suitable RecreationThe description of life in the past and present.

Simple life

Fast-paced life

Hope for Suitable Recreation

“We may learn from the lessons that will make our seasons of

recreation what the name implies--seasons of true up-

building for body and mind and soul”

Choosing a Home/ SchoolSchool buildings should be placed to allow children the benefits of nature’s teaching and lessons. ..

The Role of The Teacher•The true teacher can impart to his pupils few gifts so valuable as the gift of his own companionship.

•The sacrifice demanded of the teacher would be great, but he would reap a rich reward.

How to Achieve Two Goals SimultaneouslyAn interest in beautifying the school grounds will make the children hesitant to spoil or deface it!

Find opportunities for directing pupils to acts of helpfulness and this can be felt throughout the home!

Attributes needed are:A refined taste, a love of order, and a habit of care-taking; and the spirit of fellowship and co-operation.

SolutionRecreational activities will interrupt the regular routine of school-work.

An outlet will be given for that excess energy.

“As a safeguard against evil, the preoccupation of the mind with good is worth more than unnumbered barriers of law and discipline.”

THE ULTIMATE GOAL?

Teacher’s Role

Suitable Recreation

GoodAttributes

Souls For

heaven