120+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: Fun, Easy Ideas for Every Age
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Give your devices a break and try these engaging screen-free activities for kids and families instead!
For many families, screens are a daily reality at home, school, and beyond. While there’s value in quality screen time that’s interactive and educational, research shows that too much screen time can cause headaches, reduce attention span, and even affect mood. The benefits of turning off devices extends well beyond alleviating headaches. When kids take a break from screens, they have more opportunities to explore their creativity, use their imagination, enjoy physical movement, and build social-emotional skills.
Adding screen-free activities to your child’s day gets easier with our massive list of 120+ ideas for offline fun for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, elementary students, and tweens. You’ll find ideas for screen-free play indoors and out, educational activities, craft ideas, and a variety of quick and easy activities to enjoy as a family. Keep this list handy for when it’s time to put devices down and your kids claim they can’t think of anything to do!
While screen-free activities are important, screens are part of modern life and a regular part of many children’s daily routines. It’s important to keep in mind that not all screen time is the same. Educational apps like ABCmouse are designed to support learning through interactive, age-appropriate activities, making screen time more meaningful and beneficial.
Screen-Free Activities for Kids by Age
Pick from dozens of games, hands-on activities, projects, crafts, and more for children ages 3–13!
Screen-Free Activities for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners
(Ages 3–6)
Shape Bingo
This classic game is always a childhood favorite, and this spin on it is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners just learning their shapes.
Looking for more ways to practice shapes? Explore our collection of fun shape activities for preschoolers.
Alphabet Sensory Bin
Sensory bins are always a hit with kids this age. Fill a bin with beans, sand, rice, water, or other fun sensory materials, then add in alphabet letter beads or magnets for kids to find. Get more sensory-play activities here, including a variety of sensory bin ideas.
Nursery Rhymes Skits
Check out more than 100 different rhymes and then pick a favorite. You can act it out with stuffed animals, color a picture to go with it (use our free printable nursery rhyme coloring pages), or work together to create a few more verses to go with it.
Teddy Bear Picnic
If you’re familiar with this song and know the lyrics (If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise…), you and your child will love turning the song into reality by taking their favorite stuffed toys on a picnic! Head to a local park, or set up a blanket in the backyard (or in the living room if it’s raining!), and enjoy a snack or lunch with your child and their favorite stuffies.
Color By Number
Here’s another beloved childhood classic, combining creativity and learning. Keep a stack of these number-learning coloring pages on hand for quick screen-free activities anytime.
Animal Walks
Work out the wiggles with this screen-free activity. Call out an animal, then walk or move the way that animal does. Kids will enjoy wriggling like a snake, galloping like a horse, jumping like a kangaroo, and more.
Cutting Practice
Scissors skills require fine motor control, and that takes practice! Draw lines or patterns on paper for kids to cut, or use our free printable set of cutting practice pages.
Toy Car Wash
Get those little toy cars nice and clean at the Kid’s Car Wash! Stock kids up with sudsy water, toothbrushes, soft rags, and other carwash supplies, then drive those toy cars up for a scrub.
Pom Pom Race
Give each player a pom pom (or cotton ball) and a straw. Line everyone up at one side of a table, with their pom pom in front of them. At the word “Go!,” players use their straws to blow their pom pom across the table, trying to be the first to reach the other side.
DIY Suncatchers
With construction paper, tissue paper, and a few basic supplies, you can make pretty suncatchers in any shape you like! Get full instructions at the link.
Connect the Dots
This is another quick and easy kid favorite, which also sneaks in a little bit of counting practice!
Tip: Challenge kids to create their own dot-to-dot pictures for others to fill in.
Sound Safari
Close your eyes and listen to the world around you. What can you hear? Identify as many of the sounds as possible. This is a terrific mindfulness activity for kids that you can try anywhere and anytime.
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Once kids get the hang of this, they’ll want to make dozens of these pretty fliers to hang around the house! Full instructions are in the link.
Pattern Kebobs
Give kids several kinds of cut-up fruits or vegetables and some chopsticks or skewers. Ask them to create patterns with the fruit as they push the pieces onto the skewer, then the entire family can enjoy the patterned treat! Find more pattern activities here.
Tip: The ends of kebob sticks can be sharp and pointy–supervise your child as they add food to the stick.
Number Hunt
Search your surroundings for numbers from 1 to 10 (or higher). You can play in two ways: look for the printed numerals on signs, price tags, book pages, etc., or look for groups of items, such as 1 couch, 2 windows, 3 shelves, 4 chairs, etc. Find more fun ways to teach counting to young children here.
Mazes
Kids can solve paper mazes using pencils or crayons, but you can also put a different spin on things by having them move a toy car, minifigure, or other small item through the maze instead!
Texture Sort
Give kids a variety of items with different textures, and ask them to sort them by how they feel (e.g. rough, smooth, soft, bumpy, etc.). You can also turn this into a scavenger hunt, inviting kids to find items that match different texture descriptions. Get more sorting activities for kids here.
Number Slapjack
Shuffle a deck of cards and deal an equal number to each player. Choose a target number (or letter for face cards). Each player takes turns flipping a card and placing it in the center. When the target number appears, the first to slap the pile wins all the cards! Then, pick from more great math-focused card games for kids to play.
Nature Collection
Take a nature walk and look for items to add to a collection. Pretty leaves and interesting rocks are always favorites, but you can also keep your eyes out for unique sticks, pinecones of all sizes, and more.
Tallest Tower
Choose a building material: blocks, LEGO bricks, plastic cups, even books. How tall of a tower can you build? Measure the result, then have fun trying to break your record another day!
Screen-Free Activities for Elementary Kids (Ages 7–10)
Map Reading
Reading a map shouldn’t be a lost art. Use our free printable map reading worksheets to show kids how to read a paper map, then ask them to draw a map of their own neighborhood for practice.
DIY Lava Lamp
With just a few household supplies, you can put together a lava lamp full of fascinating, colorful floating blobs that are sure to mesmerize kids for hours. Get complete lava lamp instructions at the link.
Obstacle Course
Kids never get tired of creating new and creative obstacle courses. Try this indoors or out, and get creative with your obstacles—they don’t all have to be physical. For example, one “obstacle” could be solving a paper maze or stacking a tower of cups.
Balloon Rocket Car
Here’s another easy craft that you can create using items from around the house. Make a whole fleet of these balloon-powered vehicles, then hold a race to see which one is fastest! Learn how to make a balloon rocket car at the link.
Toy Animal Zoo
Set up a zoo for your plush friends, with informational signs and different habitats. Then, give a guided tour to visitors, telling them all about your “zoo animals.” For first and second graders, pair this activity with our free printable habitats, ecosystems, and environments worksheets.
Cardboard Castle
Most of us have plenty of cardboard boxes lying around these days, so put them to good use before you recycle them! Stack them, cut and tape them, decorate them with markers or stickers, and create a castle, fort, or house to play in.
Silly Seed Animals
Plant grass seeds in stocking balls, and you’ll soon have animal heads with silly hair you can cut and style!
This is a fun way to introduce kids to basic gardening and caring for seeds.
Alphabet Words
First, choose a category like animals, breakfast cereals, or games. Then, starting with the letter A, try to name items that fit the category for every letter of the alphabet. (You can skip tough ones like Q and X if you need to.) Use our printable lists of words from A-Z if you get stumped on a letter!
Keepy Uppy
Blow up a balloon, then toss it up in the air and see how long you can keep it up there! You can add rules like “no hands” or play outside on a windy day for an extra challenge.
Countdown from 100
For this game, you’ll need a shuffled deck of cards plus paper and pencil for each player. Start by writing 100 at the top of each player’s page, and lay the card deck facedown in the middle. Each player draws a card, and subtracts the number on it from their total (facecards count as 10). For example, in the first round, kids will subtract the number on the card they draw from 100. Continue playing and subtracting until one player reaches zero and wins the game! Get more ideas for math games here.
Giant Spiderweb
All you need for this is a big ball of string or yarn. Tie one end to a stationary object, then stretch the yarn or string across the room to another point, loop it around, and continue. Keep on going, crossing the line over and under itself, until you’ve created a giant web! For added fun, kids can try climbing through the biggest openings to see how far they can get!
Silly Snake
Turn disposable straws into snakes you can move and pose! Use wire or pipe cleaners for the base, with pieces of cut up straws to form the stripes on the snake. Add a construction paper head, and you’re ready to play.
Embossed Foil Art
This is such a fun art activity with incredibly cool results! If you’ve got glue, yarn, permanent markers, and foil, you can create shiny art that’s sure to impress. Get all the details at the link.
Domino Chain Reaction
Lay dominos on end close together, setting up a fun chain reaction when you knock the first one down. Get creative with it—make the dominos go up and down ramps, add in extra elements like a rolling ball, or spell out words with your dominos.
Rhyme Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt with a twist: you’re looking for items that rhyme with the words on the list. For instance, if the word on the list is “head,” you could use “bed.” Take turns making word lists and sending others out to hunt for the items that rhyme with those on the list. Use our printable list of rhyming words to help, and then explore all of our other rhyming games and activities for kids!
DIY Musical Instruments
Use rubber bands across a shoebox to make a banjo, drum on a container with a lid, put rice in empty bottles for maracas … there are lots of fun options. Once you’ve got a good collection, give a concert or form a marching band!
Painted Pasta Flowers
Dry pasta turns into lovely blooms with this classic childhood craft. Paint your pasta and let it dry, then arrange it into floral patterns and glue it into place. (You can also string painted pasta on yarn to create necklaces!) See step-by-step instructions for this craft and 30+ other flower crafts here.
Marble Run
You can buy marble run kits, but it’s also fun to make your own with empty cardboard tubes and masking tape. For a fun twist, glue magnets to a variety of cardboard tubes, then position them on the fridge to create different runs.
Weather Report
Stand in front of a window with a hairbrush for a microphone and give a report on the weather. This is especially fun on a stormy day when there’s lots to talk about! Find more weather-related activities for kids here.
Pretend Restaurant
This kind of imaginary play can involve so many different activities: shopping for groceries, making menus, setting up a dining area, taking orders, cooking food, serving customers, and even taking payment and making change. This screen-free activity will keep kids busy all day!
Screen-Free Activities for Older Kids (Ages 11–13)
Glitter Volcano
The time-honored baking soda and vinegar volcano gets a glow-up with glitter-infused lava! Expand on this craft by making a papier-mâché volcanic cone to fit around the plastic bottle core.
Mystery Props
Create “mystery prop” bags by putting a few random items into paper bags. Break a group into smaller groups and give each one their own bag. The challenge: come up with a skit that uses each of the props in your bag, then perform it for the rest of the group.
Bird Watching
Head to the park with binoculars, or set up a feeding station at home. Then, watch to see who drops by, and use a guidebook to identify your visitors. Keep track of what you see, and make notes about their behavior. What can you do to attract more birds to your yard?
Recipe Challenge
Choose a simple recipe, then spend time shopping for the ingredients. Prepare and cook the recipe, then clean up afterwards. Tweens can learn a lot of life skills from learning how to cook!
Rainbow in a Cup
The layered liquids in this experiment are due to the differences in densities, caused by the varying amounts of sugar in each solution. Try this with lemonade for a beautiful, colorful treat!
Yarn Crafts
Knitting and crochet are having a real moment right now, so invite kids to get in on the fun! You can buy kits and instruction books online and at craft stores, or find someone who already knows the craft to teach you instead.
Paper Plane Contest
Don’t put away the paper just yet! Design and create a variety of paper airplane styles, then fly them to see which is able to go the farthest. Tip: Do some research on aerodynamics first to give your planes an extra boost.
Popsicle Stick Ferris Wheel
You can follow our instructions for this activity, or give kids wood craft sticks and basic supplies and then let them work it out for themselves. What can they use to allow it to turn?
Kindness Rocks
Painting river rocks is a creative screen-free activity. Turn it into a mission of goodwill by painting messages of kindness and joy on your rocks, then scattering them around the community for others to find!
Lemonade Stand or Bake Sale
Make a little money (or raise some for a good cause) with these popular screen-free activities. It’s the perfect way to use some of the results from your recipe challenges!
Talent Show
Organize a family or neighborhood talent show, inviting others to share their own unique skills. Make posters, set up a stage, write out programs, then put on your show to entertain family and friends.
Friendship Bracelets
Whether you make them from elastic string and beads, or learn to twist and weave embroidery thread into beautiful patterns, friendship bracelets are always a popular craft for tweens and teens.
Art Show
Make a collection of art and craft projects from friends and family, then organize them all into an art show. Make informative signs, set up a gallery, then invite folks to come check out everyone’s creativity!
Yoga Time
Learn some simple yoga poses and practice them when you need some mindful stretching. Try yoga outside in nature, or hold a class to teach your family and friends some of the poses you’ve learned.
Comic Book
This is the perfect way to combine art and writing practice! Create your own characters, develop a plot, then illustrate and write your story out to share with friends.
Origami
The ancient art of paper folding is a wonderful activity for developing fine motor skills, growth mindset, and the ability to follow directions. Pick up a book of origami instructions at the library, then try your hand at some of the cool folds inside.
Time Capsule
Place some items in a sealed container (use a box that’s been taped shut inside, or a can with a tight-fitting lid outside) that represent this point in time. Set a time to open it: a year from now, 5 years from now, etc. You can bury your outdoor-safe time capsule, or simply put the box away in a safe place to explore one day in the future.
Escape Room
To unlock an escape room, you have to solve a series of puzzles. Create your own escape room for your friends—decorate for a theme, set up your puzzles, and “lock” folks in until they crack the codes!
Trivia Night
Set up a family and friends trivia night! Gather your teams, choose a trivia master, set out snacks, and determine if you’ll compete for real prizes or the glory of winning. Use our kid-friendly trivia questions to get started.
Scrapbooking
Sort through printed photos and memorabilia, then assemble supplies like stickers, markers, photo corners, washi tape, and more. Create scrapbook pages celebrating accomplishments, vacations, school years, sports and hobbies, and more!
Indoor Screen-Free Activities for Kids
When the weather doesn’t cooperate or if everyone simply feels like staying inside, these ideas can keep kids and families having fun the entire time.
Would You Rather
Kids get such a kick out of posing and discussing either-or scenarios like, “Would you rather eat a bug or drink mud?” or “Would you rather go to the beach or visit the mountains?” Visit the link for 100+ Would You Rather scenarios to kick off the discussion.
Tea Party
Dress in your best, set out the fancy china (or toy tea set), and make a tray of dainty snacks. Then, fill your teacups (with juice or milk if you prefer) and sit down for a tea party with friends, family or even stuffed animals!
Indoor Camping
Pitch a tent in the living room, or make one from bedsheets and dining room chairs. Roll out your sleeping bags, make a pretend campfire and turn on the flashlights. Go for a “hike” around the house or yard. Then gather round the fire, tell stories and sing songs, and enjoy your indoor camping trip.
DIY Word Search
The trick to making your own word search is graph paper! Simply write the words you want into the grid, crisscrossing them wherever you can. Then fill in the empty spaces with random letters, and you’re ready to let someone else try to solve it. You can also check out our collection of Word Searches.
Homemade Slime
Mixing up slime at home is easy, and there are lots of recipes out there. Experiment with different formulas, and have fun making different colors and adding glitter and other mix-ins!
Personal Journal
Spending time writing in a journal each day has lots of academic benefits including handwriting practice and improvements in spelling, grammar, and vocabulary. But journaling is also great for mental health, helping kids process emotions, record memories, and work through worries and problems. Check out our big list of seasonal and holiday journal prompts for kids at the link to give them a jumpstart.
Mini Museum
Choose some of your most treasured items to include in a home museum. Create informational signs, set up galleries for different types of exhibits, and invite friends and family to take a guided tour!
Alphabet Story
Tell a story where each sentence starts with the next letter of the alphabet. (e.g. “A monster came to school yesterday. Before we knew it, he just walked into the room. Can you believe it? …”) Try this as an independent writing exercise, or a fun oral group storytelling activity.
Coded Messages
Create your own secret code, then send messages to families and friends. You can include the key, or see if they can crack the code all on their own!
Snail Mail
Even in a world full of texting and email, it’s still fun to get stuff in your real mailbox. Handwrite letters or cards for family and friends, address the envelopes, add stamps, and drop your snail mail off at the post office.
Tip: Little ones can send finished coloring pages instead!
Find dozens more indoor activities for kids here!
Outdoor Screen-Free Activities for Kids
If the great outdoors are calling, these creative and play-based activities include ideas for exploring and learning about nature, playing backyard games, and more.
Leaf Prints
Collect pretty leaves, cover one side in paint, and press them onto paper to make prints. You can also lay the leaves beneath the paper and rub over the top with a pencil or crayon. Get full instructions at the link.
Tape Nature Bracelets
Attach a bracelet made of masking or packing tape to your wrist, sticky side out. Then take a nature walk and collect items to add to your bracelet: leaves, small pebbles, seeds, flowers, and more.
Backyard Mini Golf
Turn your yard into a mini-golf course! Use plastic cups for the holes, then set up unique obstacles to hit the balls under or around. Invite friends to play when the course is finished.
Nature Journal
Take a few minutes each day to spend time observing nature, then write your observations in a journal. You can add sketches or illustrations as well as describing what you see and how it made you feel.
Sidewalk Messages
Spread kindness around the neighborhood by writing positive messages and pictures on the sidewalk for others to discover!
Nature Mobile
Gather items like twigs, shells, pebbles, acorns, and more, then hang them all from a large stick to create a nature mobile to decorate your yard.
Shadow Tracing
Choose a sunny spot outdoors and use sidewalk chalk to trace the shadow of a person or object. Visit the same spot throughout the day and make new tracings to see how shadows shift as the sun travels across the sky.
Water Balloon Piñata
Looking for a new way to cool off on a hot day? Fill a balloon with water, but don’t over-fill it. Hang it from a tree branch, then take turns whacking it with a bat or stick until it finally explodes and drenches whoever’s underneath!
Ice Painting
Mix water and food coloring in the wells of an ice cube tray and add a wood craft stick to each, then freeze it. Take the ice paint cubes outside on a warm day and rub them on white paper. As they melt, they’ll leave their colors behind.
Rock Paper Scissors Tag
This is like a regular game of tag, but whenever “It” manages to catch someone, they play a game of rock-paper-scissors. If “It” wins, the loser becomes the new “It.” If not, “It” lets the player go and the game continues. Find printable instructions for this game as well as 12+ more in our collection of Backyard Games for Kids.
Educational Screen-Free Activities
From reading and writing to math and STEM, these educational screen-free activities give kids fun ways to build skills while encouraging curiosity, problem-solving, and active learning in everyday ways.
Screen-Free Reading & Writing Activities
Alphabet Crafts
Turning letters into crafts is one of our favorite screen-free reading and writing activities for kids! We’ve got lots of options for every single letter of the alphabet—check them all out here. Or, make things even easier with our free alphabet coloring pages.
Shared Reading
This is more than just reading aloud. In shared reading, adults and kids take turns reading aloud. Adults model what fluent reading sounds like, including speed, accuracy, and expression. Then kids take over, with some support from adults as needed. Learn more about shared reading here.
Sight Word Bingo
Practice sight words—words that aren’t easy to decode or occur very frequently in texts—with a game of bingo. Our free printable boards are blank, so you can use them with any word list.
Silly Reading
Add a hilarious twist to reading practice by inviting kids to read jokes out loud to each other to the entire family. Pick from our collection of 900+ free printable jokes for kids to find endless ways to crack each other up!
Picture Prompts
Try this creative twist on writing prompts: show kids a picture instead! Ask them to describe what they see, explain how it makes them feel, or write a story that includes the moment captured in the image.
Quote Posters
Choose an inspirational quote, then write it neatly on a big piece of paper and add illustrations, borders, stickers, and more to create your own poster.
Get more reading activities by grade level here:
Screen-Free Math Activities
Number Hop
Indoors, write numbers on sticky notes and spread them out across the floor. Outdoors, write the numbers using sidewalk chalk instead. Call out a number for your child to jump to. Then call out another one, and see if they get there in a single hop!
Toy Store
Create a pretend store with your toys and stuffed animals. Add price tags, make signs, set up a cash register, and break out the play money. Then, invite people to “shop,” and practice adding up their purchases and making change.
Measurement Hunt
Make a list of specific measurements (e.g. 3 inches tall, 2 feet wide, 7 centimeters long), then give kids a ruler or measuring tape and ask them to find items that match each measurement.
Paper Plate Clock
This classic kid’s craft is easy to make and perfect for practicing telling time. Simply write the numbers 1 to 12 around the outer edge of a paper plate. Cut a long hand and short hand from construction paper, and attach them in the middle using a metal brad so the hands can turn as needed.
Bowl to 100
Set up toy bowling pins or empty plastic bottles, then take turns rolling a ball to knock them down. Keep a running total as you go. First person to knock down 100 pins total wins!
Screen-Free STEM Activities
DIY Catapult
Give kids rubber bands, wood craft sticks, and bottle caps, and see if they can figure out how to make a catapult that will send a pom pom flying! If they’re having trouble, check out the video at the link.
Solar System Model
Use our free printable space worksheets to learn about the planets in our solar system, then create a model using items from around the house. Use balls of different sizes, modeling clay, beads, or anything else you can think of!
Breathing Leaves
Submerge freshly-picked green leaves in a bowl of water and leave them for a few minutes. Little bubbles will appear on the surface, showing how leaves “breathe” out oxygen during photosynthesis. Get more plant science experiments here.
Marshmallow Tower
Given 20 mini marshmallows and 20 mini pretzel sticks or pasta, how tall of a tower can you build? When you’re done, you can snack on your construction!
Weather Journal
Each day, write down the weather in a journal. Keep track of high and low temperatures, general conditions, rainfall, humidity, winds, and more. If you do this year after year, it’s fun to look back and compare the seasons.
Tip: Little ones can draw pictures instead of writing.
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25 Easy Screen-Free Activities at Home
These low-prep (or no prep!) activities are simple enough for any family to try!
- Blow bubbles and watch them drift away
- Have a balloon dance party
- Draw a path with sidewalk chalk to walk on
- Play a game of War with playing cards
- Explore old family photo albums
- Build a blanket fort
- Sing campfire songs
- Have a joke-telling contest
- Hop as far as you can on one foot, then try to beat your record
- Put together a jigsaw puzzle
- Make funny faces at each other (or in the mirror)
- Watch the clouds and look for shapes
- Create paper chains from scrap paper
- Play “The Floor is Lava”
- Learn magic tricks
- Create a collage from old magazines
- Go stargazing
- Practice saying the alphabet backwards as fast as you can
- Learn to do a cartwheel
- Have a stuffed animal parade
- Draw and describe new imaginary animals
- Invent a secret handshake
- Learn to juggle
- Blow up balloons and draw silly faces on them
- Make shadow puppets or drawings
5 Tips to Encourage Screen-Free Play
- Let kids choose activities: Whenever possible, let children choose their own play activities. If they’re having trouble getting started, provide a list of suggestions, but don’t force them to pick one that doesn’t interest them. When they’re enthusiastic about their choice, they won’t even miss screens.
- Switch things up: Put away some screen-free toys and games for a while, then bring them back out when kids are looking for something new to do. This is an easy, inexpensive way to keep things fresh and new!
- Keep expectations realistic: Screens can be fun, and kids will likely push back when you try to take them away. Rather than going “cold turkey,” work in increasing amounts of screen-free play, choosing activities that you know your child really loves. Over time, you’ll be able to find a good balance between devices and screen-free activities.
- Make it fun, not forced: Don’t pretend something is enjoyable when your child clearly isn’t enjoying it. Instead, offer alternative activities. “It seems like you’re not really enjoying our nature walk. Would you rather go to the playground instead?”
- Model screen-free fun: Kids learn by watching adults. Make sure your own daily routine includes enjoyable screen-free activities, so children can see good habits in action. It will be good for your own health too!
Screen-Free Activities for Kids FAQs
What are screen-free activities?
Screen-free activities are any activities that don’t involve using a computer, tablet, phone, television, video game console, or other electronic device. This includes activities like taking a nature walk, coloring in a coloring book, competing at sports, playing a card or board game, or creating a craft project.
Why are screen-free activities important?
Screen-free activities are important because research shows that too much uninterrupted screen time can be bad for your health. Devices like computers, phones, and tablets offer many benefits and have become an integral part of daily life. But spending hours on end using screens can cause physical, mental, and emotional problems. That’s why it’s important to incorporate screen-free activities into your daily routine.
How do I reduce my child’s screen time?
One of the easiest ways to reduce your child’s screen time is with a daily schedule. Set aside specific time for using a computer or tablet or watching TV, and then turn devices off and put them away. Even more importantly, strive for active screen time (playing an interactive learning game) over passive screen time (watching streaming media while sitting on the couch). For example, ABCmouse offers quality interactive educational activities that make screen time both fun and valuable.
What are easy screen-free activities at home?
There are so many easy screen-free activities to try at home, like blowing bubbles, playing hide-and-seek, drawing your own comic book, building with LEGOs, learning to knit or crochet, coloring, shooting hoops, building a blanket fort, learning to cook, and much more!
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