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Get Ready to Unplug & Tune Out!

6th April, 2011 - Posted by - No Comments

It’s spring in the United States, yet for many children that does not mean much. With 7.5 hours a day spent on screen time (Keiser Family Foundation, 2010), the weather or time of year doesn’t seem to make much of an impact these days.

Rain or shine. Day or night. We’ve been losing our kids to screen time, and in many cases, we’ve been helping make it happen.

“Go outside and play,” is a phrase that has been disappearing from childhood over the last twenty years, and one that we need to take back. Immediately.

Luckily, the folks at the Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood have stepped in to help us out.

April 18 – 24th, 2011 is Screen Free Week!

So what are you waiting for? Start planning how you will cut down on the screen time in your children’s lives…and your own.

Click here to check out resources and ideas to help you make Screen Free Week a success. Need tips on setting screen time limits? We’ve got you covered!

What are your favorite outdoor play ideas? We would love to hear about them!

Play on! ~ Bethe

Bethe Almeras, MS, is the HSBS Education & Outreach Director. A long time educator and play advocate, she is passionate about outdoor play and connecting children with nature. In her free time Bethe writes a blog, The Grass Stain Guru, and can often be found playing outside. She is particularly fond of squirrels. And turtles. And sandpipers. And…
photo credit: CLF