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.
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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.
Reset Your Family’s Media Thermostat
We’ve been participating in Screen-Free Week as a family for years – for the first time, when our youngest was in preschool, and now this year, with our eldest a teenager.
Screen-Free, even at school!
Students in Alaska went Screen-Free at school. Photo courtesy Kat Sorenson/Peninsula Clarion. During Screen-Free Week, children and families are encouraged…
How to Nourish Screen-Free Connections: Lessons from Camp Grounded
If we knew then what we know now, we would have deliberately carved out more time for family conversations and activities in real life.
Screen-Free Week 2017 Makes a Real Difference!
By all accounts Screen-Free Week 2017 was bigger and better for more children and families than ever!