Choosing Recreation & Family Activities

Encouraging Family Time/Recreational Activity Participation:

Every individual in a household or family should feel that they are active participants in the recreational/leisure activities of the house. It's easy to include a loved one, roommate, or client in these activities using our My Choice Board app.

You can create a choice board for each individual activity type (example: board games), or simply have a "Recreation" board, where the field of choice contains several different types of options/activities. The options offered should always include available, tangible items to avoid confusion or disappointment.

Create a choice board that reflects choices within one specific category.

Offer a variety of options within the specific category that are engaging and interesting for the entire group/family.

For more a diverse set of options, create a choice board that features multiple types of activities.

Individual choice boards can always be used to compliment the activity, when there are multiple options involved. Using this example, you might want to have a separete choice board for movies.

These types of activities encourage active participation in family/group activities, and allow for the individual to know that they are just as valuable and important to the family/group as every other member. Having influence over the structure of recreational activities can be empowering for our loved ones/clients and helps include them in meaningful ways. This can also work in a school setting, when it comes to choosing classroom chores, recess games, or any other activity in class where the individual can make a concrete choice and guide the group's activity.