Books 

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• Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn- and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less (Kathy Hirsch-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, & Diane Eyer, 2004)

  • Offers research-based information on child development through play, along with 40 activities for promoting play with your child

  • Primary ages: Infant-PreK

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• The Undeniable Power of Play: 101 Tips, Activities and Play-Based Learning Strategies to Engage Your Child (Katie Chiavarone, Susie Ortiz, & Alana Pace, 2016)

  • Offers a variety of activities including sensory play, art, science, and more that you can use with your child to learn through play. Age modifications and ideas for extension are also offered for each activity.

  • Primary ages: Infant-PreK

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• Serious Fun (Marie L. Masterson, Holly Bohart, January 2019)

  • This book helps teachers intentionally create activities that do not just incorporate play and academics, but help support the development of the whole child. 

​Other Resources

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• Association for Play Therapy provides a search option on their website to find a licensed therapist who can provide play therapies:  https://www.a4pt.org/page/TherapistDirectory 

  • To find a therapist you put in your name, city/town, country, postal code, type of supervision (face-to-face, distance, none). 

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• Psychology Today provides a similar search option that also provides the therapists email, phone number, website (if they have one), age range they work with,  how many years they have been working as a play therapist, their price for therapy, and a list of specific disorders they work with. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/play-therapy 

  • All you have to type in for this resource is your location and it instantly pulls up therapists near you.  

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• Child Welfare: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/assessment/family-assess/childneeds/mental/ This site provides a plethora of resources for screenings and assessment, some examples being: 

  •  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Provides an overview of children’s mental health, data and statistics, and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for mental health problems.

  • The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center-Provides information and resources on developmental and behavioral screenings, assessments, and State guidance for children. 

  • Early Childhood Mental Health-Provides a list of screening tools for child mental health. The webpage also provides resources on trauma, social and emotional development, and diagnostic instruments.