Links + Resources
» The National Institute for Play
[http://www.nifplay.org/index.html]
The organization that Stuart Brown founded has an easy-to-navigate site with some fun materials. We liked the examples of the seven patterns of play, flash animations of mother-child contact, and videos for integrating play into the many aspects of our lives.
» Invention at Play
[http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/exhibit_programs.html]
The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation has produced a compelling site. Play some fun games and check out the inventors' personal stories of play.
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Krista Tippett and Stuart Brown at the New York Public Library
[http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=3918]
In January 2008, Krista and Stuart Brown continued their conversation about the biological and spiritual foundations of play in front of a live audience at the New York Public Library. Listen or watch the video of that conversation, moderated by NYPL's Paul Holdengraber. The New York Times Magazine followed up this event with an article "Taking Play Seriously"