TURN OFF WEEK helps to raise awareness that screen time should be limited to less than two hours per day. In many countries children and young people spend 4 to 6 hours per day watching television, playing video games, or using the computer for recreation.
Turning off the television gives us a chance to think, to read, to create and to do. To connect with our families and engage in our communities.
Who participates?
Anyone and everyone. Millions of people around the world participate in Turnoff week. Children and adults, rich and poor – people from every background and all walks of life – take part through schools, religious institutions, community groups, families and individuals.
Turnoff Week Works!
According to the hundreds of responses to the Turnoff Week Secretariat follow up Surveys, 90% of responding participants reduce their screen time as a result of participating in the Campaign.
Organize some family activities in the park.
Learn to play the guitar or other musical instrument.
Organize a community clean-up.
Put together a puzzle.
Visit the library. Borrow a book. Attend library activities.
Listen to the radio.
Visit the zoo.
Paint a picture, a mural or a room.
Find out about your area’s community center or park’s activities.
Go swimming.
Plan a picnic or barbecue.
Go bird watching.
Play with your pet.
Write a letter to a friend or relative.
Plant a flower, vegetable or herb garden.
Read magazines or newspapers.
Start a neighborhood basketball, soccer, or netball game.
Go camping (even if it’s just in the backyard!)
Go through your closet and clothes. Donate surplus items to the Poor.
Start a diary / journal.
Go to a museum.
Take a nature hike. Collect seeds and leaves. Make a collage with the materials you collected and post it on the refrigerator.
Play cards.
Get out the family photo album. Research your family history.
Make crafts to give as gifts.
Ask an older family member to tell you a story about his or her childhood. Write about it.
Learn some new riddles or jokes.
Watch the night sky through binoculars; identify the different constellations. Observe the moon.
Visit a local bookstore.
Go to a nearby supermarket.
Walk to work or school.
Train for a mini marathon race.
Go fishing
Begin a family project.
Bake bread, cake or biscuit with mum.
Cycling.
Play chess with family.
Visit to night market.
Buy vegetables with mum.
Make crafts by using recycled materials.
Take family photo.
Learn to cook.
Learn to say simple phrases in a few different languages.
Play congkak.
Organize a singing competition at home.
Visit a shopping mall.
Learn to play hula hoop.
Climb a hill.
Visit a fun fair.
Do homework given by teacher.
Volunteer in a school to teach reading, math, computer skills.
Volunteer for a community organization or charity.
Start a community exercise group that power walks, runs, or bikes.
Read a story to your younger brother or sister.
Make up a story and write it down.
Start a kid’s basketball / netball league.
Teach a neighbor about a computer program.
Join a treasure hunt.
Visit a waterfall.
Join a dance class.
Why Turn Off?