National Turn Off TV Week--April 20-26

Next week is National Turn Off TV Week, how about turning off the TV for the whole week and engaging in one or all of these thirteen activities with your kids!?!

1. Put a puzzle together.
   
   
2. Plant flowers, herbs or a garden.
   
   
3. Read aloud a book.
   
   
4. Visit your local public museum.
   
   
5. Go to the local public park.
   
   
6. Take a nature hike.  Collect different items and make a collage.
   
   
7. Go bowling.
   
   
8. Visit the local bookstore.  Barnes & Nobles has events planned...go here to find a list.
   
   
9. Play a board game together.
   
   
10. Make a craft together. 
    
    
11. Bake cookies together.
    
    
12. Go camping or have a campout in your backyard.
    
    
13. Visit the library.

Did you know???

Number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by an average child: 20,000

Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 38.5

Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680

Percentage of children ages 6-17 who have TV's in their bedrooms: 50

Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70

Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours

Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500

Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66

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• Thursday Thirteen at Happy to be at Home

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