Publications

  

Most Alliance publications can be downloaded from this web site.  

The following print materials can be purchased: 

All prices include postage. Orders can be made online. In the notation box indicate which item you are ordering. For bulk order discounts, please call the Alliance at 917-363-1982. 

Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School ($16)

Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology  ($16)

Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood ($14)
    Fool's Gold and Tech Tonic can be ordered together for $25.

The Playwork Primer by Penny Wilson ($10)

Poster of Childhood verse, 11 x 17 print size ($5)

 

 The following publications are available online only:

 Reports and articles

Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood - Spanish Language

Video Games, A Critical Analysis by Lowell Monke

Crisis in the Kindergarten, 8-page summary of the report

 Policy briefs

The Loss of Children's Play: A Public Health Issue

Restoring Play and Playful Learning to U.S. Kindergartens

 Fact  sheets

Playwork and Play

Time for Play, Every Day

When Kindergarten Testing Is Out of Hand

Crisis in the Kindergarten, one page summary

Nature Resourse List

  

Published by the Alliance and distributed by University of Michigan Press

Where Do the Children Play?
A Study Guide to the Film (2010 edition)
edited by Elizabeth Goodenough.  Order at www.press.umich.edu. Excerpt can be seen here.