American Journal of Play

In This Issue

The latest issue of the American Journal of Play is a special double issue focused on toys and the power of playthings. It features interviews with artist Brian McCarty on his non-profit War Toys and the art toys movement, and scholar Stephen Jacobs on the history of Jewish toy and game developers and entrepreneurs. The issue also includes articles that explore the impact of childhood toys and play on adult skills and interests, puzzling in times of crisis, the history and role of loose parts play, the evolution of board game authorship, ethnographic toys, adult doll play as therapeutic intervention, YouTube toy play videos, and children’s online play groups.

Most Cited

• Children’s Pastimes and Play in Sixteen Nations: Is Free-Play Declining?
  Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer, Heidi D’Agnostino, Raeka DeLong
• Play and Self-Regulation: Lessons from Vygotsky
  Elena Bodrova, Carrie Germeroth, and Deborah J. Leong
• Play as a Foundation for Hunter-Gatherer Social Existence
  Peter Gray
• The Elements of Play: Toward a Philosophy and Definition of Play
  Scott Eberle

Most Read

• The Decline of Play and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents
  Peter Gray
• Public Libraries as Centers for Play: A Survey and Case Examples
  Peter Gray, Autumn Erdahl Solomon, and Leah Tatgenhorst
• Video Game Play: Myths and Benefits
  Patrick M. Markey, Christopher J. Ferguson, and Lauren I. Hopkins
• The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally
  David Elkind
• The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children
  Daniela K. O’Neill and Paige E. Holmes