All Encyclopedia Listings

A

A History of Children's Play and Play Environments
Ahrens, Claude
American Playgrounds, Revitalizing Community Space
A.C. Gilbert Company
Ahrens, Paul
American Society of Landscape Architects
Action for Healthy Kids
Alliance for Childhood
Anne and Kirk Douglas Playgrounds
Active Living Research
Alphabet Blocks
Aquatic Facility Operator
Active Playground Equipment
America Bikes
Arsenic
Addams, Jane
America Walks
Association for Childhood Education International
Adventure Playgrounds
America's State Parks
Association of Children's Museums
Age Appropriate
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
ASTM International
Agility
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Atlanta Taskforce on Play
Ahern, Tim
American International Toy Fair
Atomic Themeworks
Ahren's Playground Safety Advocate of the Year Award
American Journal of Play
Attention Deficit Disorder

B

Back2BasicPlay
BigToys
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Bankshot Sports
Biophilia
Brachiation
Barbara Butler Artist-Builder
Block Play
Brain Injury Association of America
Basketball
Blue Imp
Brewer’s Ledge
BCI Burke
Board Games
Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play
Bears Playgrounds
Bone Fractures
Brown, Stuart
Beckwith, Jay
Boundless Playgrounds
Bullying
Berliner Seilfabrik Play Equipment Corp

C

California Roundtable on Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Child's Play
Confidence
Camp Fire USA
Childforms
Constructive Play
Carter's Kids
Children & Nature Network
Consumer Federation of America
CATCH
Children's Museums
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights
Cooperation
Certified Park and Recreation Executive
Choking and Strangulation
Coordination
Certified Park and Recreation Professional
Christiansen, Monty
Cosco, Nilda
Certified Playground Safety Inspector
Climbinet
Crayola
Challenge
Climbing
Cre8Play
Charleston Park Angels
Cognitive Development
Critical Height
Checkers
Coleco
Crush and Shear
Chemicals and Poisons
Competition
Curtis, Henry S
Chicago Children's Museum

D

Decade for Childhood
Detroit Testing Laboratory
Dramatic Play
DeKoven, Bernie
Directional Awareness
Drawstrings
Designated Play Surface
Dirty Dozen
Duncan Toys
Detroit Mower Gang
Dodgeball
Dynamo Playgrounds

E

Eagle Play Structures
Empower Playgrounds Inc
Etch A Sketch
EarthPlay
Endurance
Executive Function
Edwardson, Paul
Entanglement
Exercise
Elephant®Play
Entrapment
Exploration Playgrounds
Elkind, David
Equilibrium
Eye-Hand Coordination
Emotional Development

F

4 Great Physical Education
Flexible Flyer
Friedberg, M Paul
Fall Height
ForeverLawn
Frisbee
Fear
Four Square
Froebel, Friedrich
Fibar, Inc.
Free Play
Frost, Joe
Fisher-Price
Free-Range Kids
Functional Play
Fitness
Freenotes
Fundamental Movement Phase
Flexibility

G

Games for Change
Godbey, Geoffrey
Grip
Games With Rules
Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick
Grounds For Play
GameTime
Good Sports
Gulick, Luther
GameTime Athletics
Goric Marketing Group USA
Gun Play
GenMove

H

Handcrafted Playgrounds
Heart Rate
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy
Hasbro Inc
Heath, Robert
Hogan, Paul
Head Injury Criteria
Henderson Recreation Equipment
Home Safety Council
Head Start Body Start
Hendy, Teri
Hopscotch
Health
Heseltine, Peter
Huber, Rolf
Health-E-tips Inc
Hidden Dangers on the Playground
Huizinga, Johan
Healthy Kids Challenge
Hill, Patty Smith
Hula Hoop
Healthy Parks Healthy People US

I

Ice Skating
Interactive Environments
International Play Company
Imagination Playground
International Center for the History of Electronic Games
International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association
Impact Attenuation
International Council of Toy Industries
International Playground Safety Institute
Inclusive Play
International Journal of Play
IPEMA Certification
Inspection Gauges and Tools
International Play Association USA
Iverson, MaryLou
Installers
International Play Association World

J

J.L. Hammett Company
Jensen Swing Products
Jump Rope
Jacks
John Preston Playground Safety Award

K

K'NEX
Kids Around the World
Kites
KaBOOM!
Kidstuff Playsystems
Kiwanas International
Kalousek, Tom
King, Barb
KOMPAN
Kellert, Stephen
King, Steve
Kutska, Ken
Kenner

L

L.A. Steelcraft Products Inc
Lee, Joseph
Let’s Move Outside
Lady Allen of Hurtwood
LEGO Group
Lincoln Logs
Landscape Structures
Let Kids Play!
Little League
Lead Hazards
Let's Play
Loose Parts
Learning Structures
Let’s Move
Louv, Richard
Leathers and Associates
Let’s Move in School
Lower Body Strength

M

Mainella, Fran
Middleball
Mobility
Maintenance Kits
Milton Bradley
Mold
Marbles
Miracle League
Montessori, Maria
Marcus, Clare Cooper
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company
Moore, Robin C
Mattel
Missoula Children's Theatre
Motor Skills

N

'nPlay Foundation
National Museum of Play
Natural Learning Initiative
National Association for Recreational Equality
National Playground Contractors Association International
Natural Playgrounds Company
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
National Playground Safety Institute
Nature Play
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Playground Safety Week
Nature Rocks
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Program for Playground Safety
Nature-Deficit Disorder
National Association of State Park Directors
National Recreation and Park Association
NatureGrounds
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
National Recreation and Park Foundation
New Games Foundation
National Center on Accessibility
National Recreation Association
NFL PLAY 60
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
National Recreation Foundation
Nicros
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
National Safety Council
No Child Left Inside
National Farm Toy Museum
National Toy Hall of Fame
Norquist, Tom
National Institute for Play
National Wildlife Federation
Notts Sport
National Lekotek Center
Natural Energy Park

O

Obesity
Operation Playground
Outdoor Play
Ohio Art Company
Orca Coast Playgrounds
Outdoors Alliance for Kids
Open-ended Play
Out2Play

P

Pacific Outdoor Products
Play and Playscapes
PlayPump
Parents' Choice Foundation
Play Every Day Act
PlaySafe
Park Prescriptions
Play in Education
Playscapes
Parker Brothers
Play It Safe
Playskool
Parker, David
Play Mart
PlayToday! Foundation
Parks & Rec Business
Play-Based Learning
Playtop Safer Surfacing
Parks Build Community
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Playwork and Playworkers
Partnership for a Healthier America
Playable10 International Design Competition
Playworks
Partnership for Play Every Day
Playborhood
Playworld Systems
Pathways for Play
PlayCore
Pop Warner Little Scholars
PBS The Promise of Play
Playful City USA
Pop-Up Adventure Play
PD Play
Playground Association of America
Pratt, Caroline
Peaceful Playgrounds
Playground Clearing House
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
Peeples, Tom
Playground Medic
Preston, John
Peer Pressure
Playground Safety Is No Accident
Pretend Play
Penn State Playground Safety Conferences
PlaygroundIDEAS
Project Fit America
Perfect Rubber Mulch
PlayGroundology
Proprioception
Physical Development
PlayGuard Safety Surfacing
Protrusion
Piaget, Jean

R

Rachel's Challenge
Red Rover
Rock-Op Climbing Boulders
Radio Flyer Inc
Red Swing Project
RockCraft Designs
Recess
Right to Play
Rockwerx
Recreation
Rimmer, James
Role Play
Recreation Creations
Risk Taking
Rough and Tumble Play
Recreation Management
Rock Climbing

S

S.A.F.E.
Self-Regulation
Spease, David
Safe Kids USA
Sensory Development
Spock, Michael
Safe Kids Worldwide
Shane’s Inspiration
Strength
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
ShapesInShape
Suk, Michael
Safeplay Systems
Signs and Labels
SuperBall
Sajai Foundation
Singer, Dorothy
Surface America
Sallis, James
Sledding
Suspended Hazards
Sand
Slinky
Sustainable Sites Initiative
Sand Gardens
SLYDE the Playground Hound
Sutton-Smith, Brian
Sandbox Summit
Snug Play
Swimming
Scaffolding
Soft Play
Swing Safety
School Specialty
Sof’Solutions
Swing-N-Slide
SciPlay
Sound Play
Swinging
Self-Esteem
SPARK
Symbolic Play

T

Takoma Plays!
The Strong
Toy Industry Association
Team Sports
Theme Play
Toys "R" Us
Tetherball
Themed Recreation Company
Tree Climbing
The Association for the Study of Play
Therapeutic Value of Play
Triax 2000
The Chimes Company
Thompson, Donna
TÜV SÜD America
The Play & Playground Encyclopedia
Tonka Corporation
Tyco Toys

U

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Unit Blocks
US Play Coalition
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
Universal Design
US Play Coalition 2011 Conference on the Value of Play
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Upper Body Strength
US Play Coalition 2012 Conference on the Value of Play
Ultimate Block Party
Urban Play

V

Van Eyck, Aldo
Vialet, Jill
Voice of Play
Vestibular Coordination
Visual Perception
Vygotsky, Lev

W

Waldorf Schools
White House Conference on Bullying Prevention
Winifred Museum
Wallach, Fran
Wiffle Ball Inc
WonderWorx
Water Play
Wild Zones
Worldwide Day of Play
Wham-O
Wilson, Penny
Wright, Brett
Where Do The Children Play?

X

Xccent Play

Y

Yancey, Toni
YMCA

Z

Zeager Bros Inc
Zone of Proximal Development
Zoos