Download or read book Handbook for Recreation Leaders written by Ella Gardner and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook was prepared by the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor in 1935 to provide help in planning programs and in selecting games and other recreation material in the home and with club and community groups. Activities include tests of mental skill, physical skill, mixers, planning picnics, circle games, running games, relay races, dramatic numbers, shadow pictures, music, and more. There are classified indexes breaking the activities in categories, such as games for home play, games for small groups in small spaces, games for boys, games for parties, and so forth.