What We Gain From Going Outside: Celebrating Screen-Free Week 2019!
One of the most important sources for supporting children’s healthy development is as easy as opening the door and going outside—it is the natural world itself.
Liberty, Truth, Solidarity: Why I Support Screen-Free Week
As I learned more about media literacy and reducing TV time, I realized the importance of reducing screen exposure for children’s sake. Having been a physical education teacher for over 30 years, I chose to make screen-time reduction a sort of “game” between young people and professional digital entertainers.
Success with Screen-FREE Week Frederick!
We love this Screen-Free Week celebration in Frederick, MD, where the entire town gets in on the fun! In their video blog, Dr. Alison Bomba and Occupational Therapist Kelly Beins explain why they teamed up to create Screen-FREE Frederick.
Why I (Still) Read Aloud to My Kids
I have a confession to make: I have a teen and a preteen, and I still read books aloud to them. I think it’s because reading aloud to my children has become one of the deepest pleasures of parenthood for me.
The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud
In this excerpt from “The Enchanted Hour,” author Meghan Cox Gurdon describes the many emotional and developmental benefits of reading aloud.
Screen-Free Week Brings Community Together in Round Hill, Virginia
The town of Round Hill, VA organized and celebrated its first Screen-Free Week in 2018. We were delighted to hear from resident Anastasia Campbell, Esq., that it was a real winner!
Screen-Free Week 2018 was bigger and better than ever!
What a week! From San Diego to Sydney, kids families and communities unplugged for Screen-Free Week 2018. And not only did they survive, they had a blast!
An Entire Screen-Free Year – on a Boat!
Hadley, Finley, Tilly, and Scotia Crosby lived an extraordinary 11-month screen-free family odyssey on the seas that drew to an end in July 2017.
Why One Cape Cod School Goes Screen-Free
As an early education teacher for the past 25 years and a parent of four children, I have witnessed a change in the way children play: decreased problem solving skills, a lack of compassion toward others, an increase in obesity, a lack of experience with the outdoors and scripted play that lacks imagination.
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