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The Ambiguity of Play
Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities? Is it …
Jump-rope Rhymes
I had a little brother. His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub To teach him how to swim. He drank all the water. He ate all the soap. He died last night With a bubble in …
Children's Folklore
A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the existing stereotypical views of the trivial and innocent nature of children's culture, …
Children's Folklore
A collection of orginal essays by scholars from a variety of fields-- includng American studies, folklore, anthropology, pyschology, sociology, and education---Children's Folklore: …
Play: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis
Play: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis is co-published with the Association for the Study of Play (TASP), an interdisciplinary, international organization of play-research scholars. …
History of Children's Play
New Zealand children from 1840 to 1890 were subjected to an unusual combination of agrarian existence and an industrial social philosophy in the newly formed schools. When schools …
A History of Children's Play
New Zealand children from 1840 to 1890 were subjected to an unusual combination of agrarian existence and an industrial social philosophy in the newly formed schools. When schools …
Recess Battles
Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore SocietyAs children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a …
Play and Intervention
Folkstories of Children
What prompts children to tell stories? What does the word "e;story"e; mean to a child at two or five years of age? The Folkstories of Children, first published in 1981, …
Sibling Relationships
First published in 1982. Since the emergence of developmental psychology early this century, theorists and researchers have emphasized the family's role in shaping the child's …
Genesis of Animal Play
In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, …