Publications and Videos
Most Alliance publications can be downloaded from this web site. The following print materials can be purchased: Prices listed here include postage. Orders can be made online. Indicate which item you are ordering in the Note box on the form. For bulk order discounts, please call the Alliance at 202-643-8242. Adventure: The value of risk in children's play. Click here for a sample of the book, including the introduction. To order print copies, click here. Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School (PDF) Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology ($16) Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood ($14) The Playwork Primer by Penny Wilson ($10) Poster of Childhood verse, 11 x 17 print size ($5)
The following publications and videos are available online: Reports and articles Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young Children, Technology and Early Education Facing the Screen Dilemma: German translation The Crisis in Early Education - A Research-Based Case for More Play and Less Pressure Video Games, A Critical Analysis by Lowell Monke Crisis in the Kindergarten, 8-page summary of the report Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood - Spanish Language
Policy briefs The Loss of Children's Play: A Public Health Issue Experiential Learning and Play in PreK and Kindergarten
Fact sheets When Kindergarten Testing Is Out of Hand Crisis in the Kindergarten, one page summary
Videos The Benefits of Risk in Children's Play Family Play, Family Well-Being Prescription for Play with Drs. Ken Ginsburg and Marilyn Benoit. Made in partnership with KaBOOM! Playwork: An Introduction. Made in partnership with KaBOOM! Wetlands and Wonder. Made by the EPA, and featuring the Alliance's Joan Almon
Published by the Alliance and distributed by University of Michigan Press Where Do the Children Play?
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