Unplug to Giggle: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Screen-Free Saturdays began as a way to keep us all in balance during the pandemic almost a year ago and what a year it has been! We have all weathered this storm in a variety of ways, and we are looking for ways to stay afloat and to heal. Let’s find some joy this...
Resolve to Unplug
Making resolutions for the new year can feel a little different this year, but there’s one choice we can all make to give ourselves and our families a boost in the new year. We can look critically at our tech use for 2021 and make plans to fill up our time with...
Unplug to Discover: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
How is it possible that it is October? I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready for much these days, especially not cold weather. But, what I love about Autumn wherever I am, is that it invites us to notice change. Both adults and kids tune into the seasonal shift no...
Unplug to LookUp: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
In moments like this, it can be especially hard to unplug. Over the last three weeks, we’ve witnessed a historic movement for Black lives, all against the backdrop of a global pandemic. Staying informed is essential - but it’s also important to create space to reflect...
Unplug for Back To School
It’s back to school season, which for many of us means that we are establishing routines and getting back into the groove of getting the kids ready for school each morning. Yet, going back to school looks different this year. Almost all schools have screen-based...
Author Gordon Korman talks about his book, Unplugged
For Screen-Free Week 2021, we invited the authors from our Screen-Free Week Booklist, in partnership with the Children's Book Council's Children's Book Week, to send in videos of them reading or talking about their books. Enjoy these videos, as submitted by the...
Author reads Screen-Free Week Booklist Title
For Screen-Free Week 2021, we invited the authors from our Screen-Free Week Booklist, in partnership with the Children's Book Council's Children's Book Week, to send in videos of them reading or talking about their books. Enjoy these videos, as submitted by the...
CCFC Staff has FUN(GI) during Screen-Free Week
Each year during Screen-Free Week, we hear from thousands of people who unplugged in a variety of ways. Our CCFC team also takes time to celebrate each year. Since most of our work requires our computers and our team was working remotely, we got creative. So, we set...
Screen-Free Week Celebrated Across the Globe
From May 3-9, people around the world took the time to rethink their use of digital devices in favor of play, learning, and real connection. From single adults to whole schools, celebrations looked different. And the best thing is, they all count. Screen-Free Week is...
Embracing the Screen-Free Week Journey
Every year, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood celebrates Screen-free Week during the first week in May. The ultimate goal of Screen-free Week is to be, of course, “screen-free.” Yet, in a pandemic world, simply reducing screen-time is still a big WIN....
Computing…Outdoors?
For many of us, computing happens, well, on a computer. But William Lau, a teacher of computer science, media, and IT, based in London, UK, shows us that computing doesn’t have to take place on a screen. In fact, William created a whole book about it, called Computing...
Keeping the Screen-Free Week Spirit Alive during COVID
As we all continue to social distance, mask up, and take care of one another, Screen-Free Week may look very different in 2021! Towns in northern New York kept the spirit of Screen-Free Week alive this year. Read this guest blog post below for inspiration. And check...
Unplug to Love: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Okay, okay. It’s a little cheesy, but don’t we all just need a little more love these days?! Our kids especially need examples of ways to express love and receive love that are meaningful to them. So, in this Screen-Free Saturdays guide, we’re offering a few ideas for...
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