Value of Play Report Sources

• ARUP. “Cities Alive: Designing for Urban Childhoods.” ARUP, 2017, www.arup.com/perspectives/cities-alive-urban-childhood.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Charts Related to the Latest ‘American Time Use Survey’ News Release   |   More Chart Packages.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017, www.bls.gov/charts/american-time-use/activity-by-parent.htm.
• Department of Education. “Pedagogy in early childhood education and care (ECEC): an international comparative study of approaches and policies.”Department of Education, July 2015, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445817/RB400_-_Early_years_pedagogy_and_policy_an_international_study.pdf.
• Edward Miller and Joan Almon, Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School, College Park, MD: Alliance for Childhood, 2009.
• Gertler, Paul, et al. “Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation: a 20-Year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica.” Science, vol. 344, no. 6187, 30 May 2014, pp. 998–1001. https://www.nber.org/papers/w19185.
• Grand Challenges Canada. “New evidence links exclusive breastfeeding, early play/stimulation to children’s later success: Enriched play/stimulation to age two creates brighter four-year-olds, say investigators.” ScienceDaily, 21 June 2016. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160621193106.htm>.
• Hofferth, Sandra L. “Changes in American Children´s Time – 1997 to 2003.” Electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, vol. 6, no. 1, 2009, pp. 26–47. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939468/.
• House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Committee. “Public parks Seventh Report of Session (2016–17).” House of Commons, 2017, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmcomloc/45/45.pdf.
• IKEA. “Play Report 2017: A spark of play everyday.” IKEA, 2017, https://highlights.IKEA.com/2018/facts-and-figures/the-key-to-success/IKEA_play_report_2017.pdf.
• IKEA. “The Play Report 2015: Say yes to play!” IKEA, 2015, https://www.IKEA.com/ms/fr_FR/media/Newsroom/IKEA_Play_Report_2015_FINAL.pdf.
• India Legal Bureau. “Delhi High Court Reacts Strongly to Lack of Children’s Parks in Delhi.” India Legal, India Legal, 11 May 2018,www.indialegallive.com/top-news-of-the-day/news/delhi-high-court-reacts-strongly-to-lack-of-childrens-parks-in-delhi-48237.
• LEGO Group. “Play Well Report 2018.” LEGO Group, 2018.
• Manohar Nayank. “Ensure kids have place to play in parks, rights body tells corps.” Times of India, 7 August 2017, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/ensure-kids-have-place-to-play-in-parks-rights-body-tells-corps/articleshow/59945841.cms.
• National Trust. “The humble stick revealed as the must-have toy for summer.” National Trust, 2016 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/news/the-humble-stick-revealed-as-the-must-have-toy-for-summer.
• Playing Out, “Playing Out Survey Report 2017.” Playing Out, 2017, https://playingout.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Playing-Out-Survey-Report-2017.pdf.
• Purtill Corinne and Kopf Dan. “Here are all the other things parents do while taking care of their kids.” Quartz, 10 July 2018, https://qz.com/work/1324454/how-parents-spend-their-time-when-theyre-with-their-kids/.
• Renvillard, Michael, and Monica Stach . “Why Play Should Be a Priority for Children’s Learning and Development.” The M&G Online, 2016,mg.co.za/article/2016-11-11-00-why-play-should-be-a-priority.
• Stagnitti, Karen, et al. “An Investigation into the Effect of Play-Based Instruction on the Development of Play Skills and Oral Language.” Journal of Early Childhood Research, vol. 14, no. 4, 2016, pp. 389–406. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1476718X15579741.
• Sutton Trust. “EasyPeasy parenting app: Findings from an efficacy trial on parent engagement and school readiness skills.” Sutton Trust, November 2016, https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/EasyPeasy-Evaluation_FINAL.pdf.
• Timsit, Annabelle. “The Urban Design Project Sneaking Puzzles and Hopscotch into Abandoned Lots.” Quartz, 30 May 2018, qz.com/1256248/the-urban-thinkscape-project-sneaks-games-into-public-spaces-to-help-kids-learn-better/.
• UNICEF. “The State of the World’s Children Reports – Chapter 1: Children in an Increasingly Urban World.” UNICEF, 2012,www.unicef.org/sowc2012/pdfs/SOWC-2012-Chapter-1-Children-in-an-increasingly-urban-world.pdf.
• World Economic Forum. “The Future of Jobs Report 2018.” World Economic Forum, 2018, www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_2018.pdf.
• Yogman, Michael, et al. “The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children.” Pediatrics, vol. 142, no. 3, 2018. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/3/e20182058.