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Screen-Free Week Spotlight: Chester Elementary, CT
Chester Elementary School, Chester, CT Wendy Fiore is a language arts consultant at a Connecticut elementary school and a veteran Screen-Free Week organizer. We asked her about her experience planning...
View ArticleGoing Screen-Free at Home: It’s Not as Hard as You Think by Edna Rienzi
I don’t usually admit this to people, but my kids don’t watch much television. I tend to keep this fact about my family quiet because I’ve found that people generally react in one of two ways: 1) they...
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No TV by Sara Hamilton
Sara Hamilton I don’t have a TV. There. I said it. I can picture your face, blank stare, uncomprehending. I’ve seen it hundreds of times. And then I have to launch into explanations. No, no...
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Give Me a (Screen) Break by Koa Halpern
Koa Halpern, Fast Food Free Hi, I’m Koa Halpern. I am 15 years old, and I started my own nonprofit when I was 10. My nonprofit is called Fast Food Free, and its goal is to get people to eat less fast...
View ArticleWho Needs Screens: 70 Ideas for Family Fun!
Worried about how to pass the time without TV, computers, or video games? Never fear! We have compiled a list of fun and creative ideas for screen-free fun all year-round. Turn off screens, turn on...
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Your Favorite Screen-Free Week Moments
The fun begins when screens go dark! We asked Screen-Free Week 2013 participants for their favorite moments and insights. Here are some of our favorite responses. Add your favorite moment in the...
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Screen-Free Week 2013 a Success
On April 29-May 5, people around the country celebrated Screen-Free Week. Children, families, schools, libraries, church groups, community centers, bookstores (and many more!) joined in the fun. Here...
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Celebrate Screen-Free Week May 5 – 11
It may seem like winter will never end, but Screen-Free Week is just around the corner—May 5th -11th. There are so many great ways to celebrate SFW and this year we’re making it easier with our new...
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What I Hope to Gain From My First Screen-Free Week
CCFC’s Screen Time Project Manager, Sara Adelmann As a first-time Screen-Free Week celebrant (yes, it’s true), I have a host of anxieties about it. I admit I use screens all day long—for work and for...
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The Best Week of the Year
Screen-Free Week 2014: Look What’s Possible! On May 5-11, thousands of people around the world celebrated Screen-Free Week. Thanks so much to all the SFW organizers who rallied their families,...
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Screen-Free Week 2015 was a success!
by Sara Adelmann On May 4-10, thousands of people around the world celebrated Screen-Free Week. Thanks so much to all the SFW organizers who rallied their families, schools, and communities to...
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A Fourth Grader’s Perspective on Screen Time
by Mark N., 4th grade teacher and CCFC member This month, I had my students write what I called “Activist Poems”. We brainstormed a variety of social issues that affect both adults and children. The...
View ArticleWho’s controlling your child’s narrative?
From better health to better learning to better connections with family and friends, there are so many reasons to celebrate Screen-Free Week. Here’s another: reducing kids’ screen time is the primary...
View ArticleScreen-Free Week 2016 events
Whether you’ve been participating in Screen-Free Week since it was known as TV Turnoff Week, or this is your first year, taking a break from TV, laptops, smartphones, and video games is easier–not to...
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Screen-Free Week 2016 recap
From May 2-8, thousands of people across the United States and around the world celebrated Screen-Free Week. Thanks so much to all the SFW organizers who rallied their families, schools, and...
View ArticleYou’re doing WHAAAAT?
By Julie Williams, Ed. Sp., Grand Blanc West Middle School, Michigan It was an unusual week for some 8th graders in Julie Williams’ class at Grand Blanc West Middle School in Michigan. They started the...
View ArticleScreen-Free Week 2016 at Yokayo Elementary School
We love hearing your Screen-Free Week stories! Thanks to Mr. Olson’s 4th and 5th graders at Yokayo Elementary for sharing their stories with us in this great video!
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Reading is a great way to celebrate Screen-Free Week!
Reading is one of our favorite screen-free activities any time of year, so we’re very excited that in 2017, Children’s Book Week is the same week as Screen-Free Week! An annual celebration of books and...
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Screen-Free Restaurants are a Win-Win
By Sara Michelson Have you ever gone to a restaurant with your family in hopes of enjoying warm conversation over a delicious meal, only to be thwarted by the large, distracting television screens in...
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Why Grammies love Screen-Free Week
By Lynne Noel, Jan Eby, Laurie Mobilio, and Cindy Summers, authors of The Grammie Guide Grammies can encourage fun screen-free activities like baking Times have changed. Life is more serious for...
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