Turn the TV OFF???
It may seem like a
scary suggestion, but turning the TV off for one week a
year may actually be the coolest adventure you'll ever go on. Learn to
play hop scotch, ride a bike, play soccer, read a new book, beat your
parents at Monopoly, see an Aquarium go to the Zoo, go hiking or
fishing. Or, set up an adventure hunt for yourself and your friends
throughout your neighborhood for one whole week. Who knows what neat
things you may find. The possibilities are endless!
Stacy
Nyikos worked together with Robert Kesten of the TV Turnoff Network, a
DC nonprofit, First Lady Kim Henry, State Superintendent Sandy Garret,
and the Oklahoma Aquarium to bring the TV Free Week to Oklahoma. The
State of Oklahoma has become the first in the nation to embrace the TV
Free Week at the statewide level. On April 17, 2006, First Lady
Kim Henry called for all 1800 schoools across the state to participate
in the TV free week that will begin April 24. Last year, 24 million
children across the U.S. participated. This year, the program has gone
international with Turnoff Weeks in Mexico City, Paris, and London.
Stacy Nyikos is now working with the Oklahoma Aquarium, Schusterman
Foundation, and City of Tulsa to employ the Arts & Imaginations
Drawing Contest she and the Aquarium held last year around her book
"Squirt" as a means to help Tulsa Schools bring the TV Free Week into
our Community. The program will involve 25 schools in the Fall and then
in the Spring. Each school that participates will be requested to
participate in a TV Free Week during the contest. Prizes will be handed
out at the end of the week.
To learn more, visit the TV Turnoff website: http://www.tvturnoff.org.
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