CONTENTS

1. Historical hobby

2. Nature and function hobby

2.1 Nature

2.2 Function

3. Modification by community factors

3.1 Cultural

3.2 Environmental

4. Classification of hobbies

4.1 Basis for classification

4.2 Collection Hobby

4.3 Creative Hobbies

4.4 Educational Hobbies

4.5 Performing Hobbies

5. Promotion hobby interests

5.1 Children

5.2 Youth

5.3 Older Folks

6. Advises for hobbyists

6.1 How Hobbyists Become Interested

6.2 How To Get Started - Suggestions to the Individual

6.3 How To Stimulate Hobby Interest

6.4 How To Help the Beginner

6.5 How To Help the Hobbyist

1. Historical hobby

In the 16th century a favorite toy children of all age was the hobbyhorse. In appearance a hobbyhorse could be as a simple as a stick, or it could have a decorated wooden framework with an imitation horse’s heard attached. When their simple or elaborate, children used them for the games of the time involving war and knighthood, much as children in the early part of the 20th century played cowboys and Indians. In time the popularity of the hobbyhorse declined, but the pleasure of doing something outside the routine activities of daily life had brought a new word into the language, the word hobby, which is a shortened form of hobbyhorse.

Before the 20th century, hobbies were something that only wealthy people had the time and money to enjoy. The present day interest in hobbies throughout the world is the product of more free time for far more people, resulting from shortened working hours and greater prosperity.

Some popular hobbies are old as civilization. Ruler in ancient times often collected valuable objects, rare manuscripts, and art treasures. The monasteries of the Middle Ages maintained libraries to store the valuable documents and art works that they collected and produced. Later, individuals who were well educated and had broad range of interests made field trips and traveled to other countries, bringing back fossils, plants, artefacts, and other objects. Such people also build up extensive personal libraries and collections.

2. Nature and function hobby

2.1 Nature

Hobby is a recreation activity joyously pursued with intense interest over a sustained period of time. It is usually not directly connected with the person’s livelihood or his professional and social ambitions. Hobby is basically an individual recreation pursuit which permits the hobbyist to start and to stop when he chooses. It can and often does lead the hobbyist into group participation. The collector of folk songs associates with others who have the same interests and sings with them.

A hobby offers the individual a deep and continuing interest in an activity which requires little outside stimulation to sustain hat interest. Hobbies are as varied as the field of human interest and experience. They contain the element of exploration which dives the hobbyist a chance to discover himself and his world. The same hobby activity will often satisfy different needs for different people.

2.2 Function

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