98% of American homes have tv sets, which means the people in the other 2% have to generate their own sex and violence.

- Franklin P Jones




How To


Watch less TV


List & Comparison of TV blockers


Inspirational Cartoon






Playworks - Free Games Library


Games Library - Playworks




Kids


Playing


Reading For Pleasure


10 Ways to Help You Raise Kids Who Love Reading - About.com


Good Reads - Childrens Book Lists


Folding Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself - Free


Dungeons & Dragons - Find a Group near you



Unplug Your Kids - A whole blog brimming with activities for young children who are TV-Free



Instead of TV - TV Free Family



Partygame Central


eHow - Photo Scavenger Hunts


Riddle Me - Custom Scavenger Hunts


Discover the Forest


How to Start a Neighborhood Camp with Kids as Counselors!


How Children Make Friends


ccfc - 70 Ideas for Family Fun!


13 Things For Your Child To Do (Instead Of Watch Tv)


12 Ways to Unplug for the holidays


Kids' Activities and Games - Browse Activities by Grade & Topic


50 Non-television Things to Do with Your Kids


TV-Free Kids – over 100 fun things to do that don’t involve a television


Fun Without TV


Forgotten Neighborhood Games


Playborhood Blog - Let Your Kids Go Outside and Play


Classic Outdoor Games For Kids


Play Works Blog - Game of the Week


Nature Find - Find Nature in Your Neighborhood


Green Hour - Tips on Getting Outside


Yahoo - 10 Great Kids Games for a July 4th Barbecue


Play Is Essential - Play Ideas for Young Kids


Zamzee - The Game That Gets Kids Moving


Role-playing games pull reluctant school kids into a supportive crowd


"My 11 year old and his friends are in the midst of a massive Dungeons and Dragons campaign."


52 Totally Awesome Science Experiments You Can Do At Home


16 tips to manage toddlers--without resorting to television


Play Works - 5 Games To Improve Your Toddler's Executive Function


Kiwi Crate - Crafts


Million Minute Family Challenge (board games & card games)


Printable Game Worksheets


Our Favorite Anti-TV Poem


Crafts for Kids - Kaboose


Crafts for Kids - Instructables


Crafts for Kids - Enchanted Learning


Fairy House


Parents.com - 25 TV-Free Activities


Fun Things to Do Today


No Time for Flashcards


Summaries of Co-operative Non-competitive Games


10 ways to entertain young children for $1 or less (without the TV)


Funology


Go City Kids


20 Songs Every Kid Should Know


Kiwi Crate - Enjoy monthly projects that spark creativity and curiosity for kids ages 3-7. All materials and inspiration included.


Make Beliefs Comix - Create Your Own Comix Strip


The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV - Book


What to Do After You Turn Off the TV - Book


365 Ways to Unplug Your Kids - Book


365 Tv-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child - Book

 

365 Afterschool Activities: Tv-Free Fun for Kids 7-12 - Book

 

The Read-Aloud Handbook : Sixth Edition - Book


Kick the TV Habit! - Book


A-Z to TV-Free - Book


Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share - Book


52 Alternatives to TV (52 Deck Series)


Why parents say they don’t limit TV


Raising Children - Hobbies are the Best Medicine






Instead of TV (for babies & Toddlers)


CCFC - The Screen-Free Guide to Showers for Harried Parents of Infants and Toddlers


Whitedot.org - 16 tips to manage toddlers--without resorting to television


Unplug Your Kids - Toddler Trick (so I can make dinner) – Find the Frog!


Parent Dish - A lazy mom's guide to Keeping Toddlers Busy


Randsco.com - Keeping Our Toddler Busy


Muddled Up Mummy - Tips and Two Very Fun Activities for Toddlers


Janet Lansbury.com - A Creative Alternative To Baby TV Time


Janet Lansbury.com - Independent Infant Play – How It Works


Janet Lansbury.com - Baby You Are Born to Play


Janet Lansbury.com - Instead of TV and Movies


The New Parents Guide - Baby Play Pens


The New Parents Guide - Baby Jumpers


Baby Jumperoos


Six things you need to do for your baby


Moving towards a screen-free lifestyle with kids






Good Books for Kids



AdLit.org - Award-Winning Books for Tweens and Teens


AdLit.org - Themed lists of Great Books for Teens


Good Reads - Childrens Book Lists


Good Reads - Popular Childrens Comics Books


Amazon - Great Comics For Children (Of All Ages!)


Comic Book Herald - The Best All Ages Comics For Kids


Barefoot Books


Children's Literature - Best Books Lists


Reviews from a Baby Bookworm


About.com - Children's Books


Kids' Books with Lessons for Life






Volunteering for Kids and all ages


All For Good (all ages)


Generation On (kids and teens)


Volunteen Nation (teens)


Volunteer Spot (all ages)















How To


Amazon Listmania List of Books on: Instead of TV







Adults


Reading For Pleasure


Public Libraries - by State


Meetup


Meetup - Bookclub


Book Club Directory


Some are called “common security clubs,” while others go by names like “mutual aid groups,” “resilience circles,” and “unemployed support groups.”  and  more


Couch Surfing (but not the TV kind)


Walk Score - shows what is within walking distance of your home


Everybody Walk! - The Campaign to Get America Walking


Nature Find - Find Nature in Your Neighborhood


Green Hour - Tips on Getting Outside


Hobbies & Games


Hobbies


"I'm seeing quite an increase in the number of people turning a hobby into a business,"


Dungeons & Dragons - Find a Group near you


Stalking Dragon


Instructables


Summer Night Lights


Urban Farms


Games


Partygame Central


eHow - Photo Scavenger Hunts


Riddle Me - Custom Scavenger Hunts


Conversation Cafe


Easing Your Way Out of Loneliness


Making Friends


Friendship: The Laws of Attraction


Having Fun on a Budget


Board Gaming as a Hobby - What's it all about?


Happiness Project Group


Craig's List


City Guide


American Hiking Society


Orienteering


LetterBoxing


Sports


Slacklining


Contra Corners


Contra Dance Links


Dance


Voice of Dance


150 THINGS YOU CAN DO

TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL


Toastmasters


Community Sings


Society for Creative Anachronism


Live action role-playing game






Volunteering for All Ages


All For Good


Volunteer Match


Volunteer Spot 


One Brick creates "a friendly and social atmosphere around volunteering, and after each volunteer event -- which typically lasts only 3 to 4 hours -- we invite volunteers to gather at a local restaurant or café where they can get to know one another in a relaxed social setting."








Stories of People Giving Up TV


Aversion to television, it turns out, is a common ground for the very liberal and the very conservative.


Anti-TV: 'My children have more fun without the box'


Poor Reception - Could I Finally Wean My Family Off TV?


Tom Hodgkinson launches his new column by switching off the television


Turn-Off Tips from TV-Free Kids


Enjoy Birth - The Benefits of Being Media Free (July 2011)


Life Without a TV


Families Without TV


The parents who lured their two daughters away from the TV - by setting them 100 outdoor challenges in a year


Escape Your TV


Diary of a Recovered TV Addict: How I Reclaimed My Life and Gained Two Extra Months Per Year


8 Changes I Experienced After Giving Up TV


TV Addiction !


What happens if you deprive a group of 7 and 8 year olds of computers, television and games consoles for two weeks?


12 years later and still no reasons to watch TV


Anti-TV: 'My children have more fun without the box'


43 Things - Give Up TV


43 Things - stop watching tv


No TV was watched in the riding of this elephant.


Dave Opinion


Brainwaves and Nasa


Enjoying Real Life, Unplugged


It's TV Turn Off Week--can you do it?


"I was trained at a young age to worship television"


Hi! My Name Is Bert and I'm A TV Junkie


Whole Again: Our Family after Television


How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job, Create an Online Business and Fund My Retirement Account


Mich. kids urged to kick the TV habit


"Erik usually watches about 25 hours of TV a week. The 11-year-old 5th grader at Lincoln Elementary School kept the following journal of his non-TV activities up until Sunday at 5:45 p.m., when he renewed his video habits."









TV Limiting Technology


List & Comparison of TV blockers


Token Timer


Power Cop


Play Limit


Power Plug Lock


Time Machine


Eye Timer


TV Be Gone


TV Be Gone - Article


Stanford Student Media Awareness to Reduce Television (SMART) curriculum is being used in California and Michigan. SMART in San Francisco, SMART in Canada