American Journal of Play – Peer reviewed but accessible for a wide audience, the journal covers the history, science, and culture of play to increase awareness and understanding of the role of play in learning and human development and the ways in which play illuminates cultural history.
The Strong National Museum of Play – An educational institution in Rochester, NY devoted to the study and exploration of play. Features exhibits, collections, and research, plus the National Toy Hall of Fame and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games.
Tinkering Is Serious Play – By Bronwyn Bevan, Mike Petrich and Karen Wilkinson. An Educational Leadership magazine article on the connection between STEM, making, tinkering, play, and real learning.
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention – by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Using interviews and first person accounts of creative people from all disciplines, the originator of the concept of “flow” synthesizes how to be more creative.