1. Lesson 1: Living Live!

2. Screens include: Computer Videogames TV Movies DVDs Cell phones iPods

3. Where do you see screens? At school At home Car Store Library

4. 7 hours and 40 minutes per day! Over 53 hours per week! Rideout, V.J., et al. (2010). Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds (A Kaiser Family Foundation Study) Children, ages 8-18, spend more time in front of the computer, TV, and game screen than any other activity in their lives, besides sleeping!

5. Less school-time than screen-time?? School-Time ~7 hours/day x 5 days/week 35 hours Screen-Time ~7.67 hours/day x 7 days/week 53.7 hours <

6. Healthy uses of screens Doing homework on the computer Learning about new places Educational games Nature channel Learning to type

7. Unhealthy uses of screens Forgetting to do homework “Vegging out” for hours Staying up too late Ignoring friends and family Watch a scary movie  have bad dreams

8. What’s a Verb? An action – something you DO! An activity (not sitting in front of a screen) –Physical activity –Hobby –Game

9. Examples of Verbs!

10. Drawing Your Favorite Screen-free Activities If I watched less TV, I could do more… Draw your 3 favorite screen-free activities!

11. Goal Setting Activity Tonight/this week, I will (do this screen- free activity) instead of (watching this type of screen). Fill in the blanks!

12. Have fun and live live!