Links & Books
Building “Generation Play”: Addressing the Crisis of Inactivity Among America’s Children
A Report by Stanford University
Children’s Play and Learning: Perspectives and Policy Implications by Edgar Klugman, Sara Smilansky, Softcover, Teachers College Pr, ISBN 0807730327 (0-8077-3032-7)
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds by Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, and the Committee on Communications and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health (report for the American Academy of Pediatrics)
The Partnership for Play Every Day – http://www.playeveryday.org/
Play: Essential for All Children A Position Paper of the Association for Childhood Education International by Joan Packer Isenberg & Nancy Quisenberry
The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children by David Elkind
Stuart Brown, Director of the National Institute of Play on Speaking of Faith – http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2009/play/
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse, Inc.
