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Research and Information About Play
Books About the Importance of Play
- Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Children Really Learn and
Why They Should Play More and Memorize Less by Roberta Michnick
Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Diane Eyer (Rodale Books, 2004)
- Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and
Social-Emotional Growth by Dorothy Singer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff,
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Children's Play: The Roots of Reading by
Edward Zigler, Dorothy G. Singer, Sandra J. Bishop-Josef (Zero to Three, 2004)
- The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally
by David Elkind (Da Capo Press, 2007)
- Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens
the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
by Stewart Brown, Christopher Vaughan (Avery, 2009)
- The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in
a Commercialized World by Susan Linn (New Press, 2009)