Resources

Here you will find links to articles, content, and other useful stuff that the community finds compelling or useful. Again, please add to this library!

Articles: experts are calling for more play

 * New AAP report stresses play for healthy development - American Academy of Pediatrics
 * Plays unfortunate reputation (1 of 3) - Robert Hess
 * Play and learning (2 of 3) - Robert Hess
 * How play broadens and deepens the mind (3 of 3) - Robert Hess
 * The State of Play - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Articles: the science behind play

 * The impact of games on IQ and reasoning skills- Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
 * Intense prep for law school admission test alters brain structure - Robert Sanders

Educational institutions

 * UC Berkeley Building Blocks of Cognition Laboratory - One of the top research centers in the world focused on the brain and how we learn.


 * The National Institute for Play

Educational game companies

 * ThinkFun - World's #1 maker of learning games and a partner with Silvia and her team on their early research.


 * Blue Orange Games - Another great company that makes compelling family games that build higher-order reasoning skills.