Unplug to Get Outside: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
Did you know that even just a view of the outdoors has tremendous benefits for our bodies, brains, and hearts? Getting outside will look a little different this year, and Screen-Free Saturdays are the perfect opportunity to explore new outdoor adventures....
Unplug to Cook: A Screen-Free Saturdays Guide
On your next Screen-Free Saturday, UNPLUG TO COOK, eat, forage, share a meal, or try a new recipe! Maybe you need to use up those veggies before they take their last turn, or maybe you’ve already got a weekly baking ritual like 24/6 author Tiffany Shlain – Screen-Free...
Every Saturday for 15 Years: Our Family’s Screen-Free Sabbath
While the life I’ve known until now has ground to a halt, while my middle and high school children are spending their days immersed in online learning and therefore far more screen time than I’d like, while I miss visiting with my aging parents, while I think about...
Screen-Free Week 2020 is postponed
After discussing as a staff and talking to hosts, organizers, and participants, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has decided to postpone Screen-Free Week 2020. Last year, more than 150,000 people celebrated Screen-Free Week in more than 1,000 celebrations...
Screen Free Week in New Zealand: Advocacy and Sass
Miriam McCaleb is a former kindergarten teacher who taught adults at Tennessee Tech University and the Christchurch College of Education in New Zealand. She has worked with parents, Police, and prisoners. She writes for various parenting magazines, has contributed...
It’s About Intention: 1000 Hours Outside Challenges Screen-Time
You’d never know that Ginny Yurich has inspired a global community by the way that she talks about herself. “I’m so normal,” she says. “There is nothing exceptional.” But the humble mom of 5 is the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, a blog and international movement to...
Your Screen-Free Week 2019 stories
Screen-Free Week 2019 was the best yet! Communities and families gathered to create, connect, and celebrate at 1,000 Screen-Free Week events in 24 countries and 49 states – and on every continent except Antarctica!
A volunteer’s view on Screen-Free Week
Hi there – my name is Kristen and I am the 2019 Screen-Free Week volunteer! It has been a pleasure getting to see all the wonderful events that you all have registered.
What we learned this Screen-Free Week
Here’s what the CCFC staff discovered about ourselves, our screens, and what it means to unplug during Screen-Free Week 2019.
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Future Celebrations
2022: May 2 - 8