Get ready to turn off that remote and pull out some family activities!

Turn Off Your TV Week is a semi-annual event, happening this year on April 20-26, then again on September 20-26.

TVTurnOff.org has plenty of ideas for ways to celebrate this week at school and in your community. For information about television viewing statistics, see this article.

There’s no doubt about it…turning off the TV for a week will be hard. I’m a big fan of movies, so I’ll have to forgo a few this week. As for television series, I only watch one. And I can DVR that.

Buena suerte for National TV Turn Off Week! Have fun.