School, school, after-SCHOOL activities, before SCHOOL activities. A vicious circle of school-related terms. What makes you feel relaxed? What can let you forget about the troubles, expectations, duties and obligations? Everyone has got their own ways to cope with daily problems. Children started from brain-storming for all the ideas of passing free time. They began from the conventional ones, but afterwards more specific pastimes appeared on the common mind map. After the discussion and learning some new vocabulary they made their own mind maps on posters in groups and afterwards, using https://wordart.com the children made their own, individual lists of things which make them not feeling worried and then created the word clouds in pictures symbolizing leisure for them.
The objectives of the activity:
- introducing new vocabulary, related to pastimes and interests
- recognizing the difference between obligations and leisure time
- realizing when you have too much stress and you need to relax
- finding common activities which make you and your friends relaxed
- recognizing one’s own needs and one’s own individuality
