Resources

Effort to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum: a New York Times article on the importance of children's play.

Empowered by Play: This non-profit organization's mission is to help families and teachers protect and promote imaginative play in this way-too busy, media-filled, consumer-driven world. It is packed with useful resources and ideas about how to do this.

Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment: This organization's mission to raise public awareness about the harmful influence of unhealthy children's entertainment and to provide information and guidance about toys and activities that promote healthy play. TRUCE is working to eliminate marketing aimed at exploiting children and to reduce the sale of toys and entertainment that promotes violence. TRUCE ACTION Guides are packed with information that will help parents and early childhood professionals promote creative play, choose quality play materials, and reduce the harmful impact of media and marketing on play, development and learning.

BAM! is an acronym for "body and mind." BAM! Radio was conceived in 2007 on the premise that the key to success in life for children and youth is nuturing a healthy mind in a healthy body, and that the two are connected. So to put children on the right track it's critical to nurture both.

Developed by early childhood professionals, Body Mind and Child brings the best and latest insights and knowledge directly to parents. The program delivers the personal wisdom and work of the leading experts in the fields of early childhood education, physical education/motor development, play research, child development, the neurosciences, and more.

Today BAM Radio is the largest education radio network in the world offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately commited to quality education. But what most distinguishes BAM Radio Network are the people involved. Our "on air" hosts are the executive directors of the most respected educational associations in the country, our guests are the leading experts and advocates and our programming is produced by an Emmy winning team. Simply said we have assembled the best talent we could secure in an effort to be your most valued and reliable source of information and insight.

Alliance for Childhood - a nonprofit partnership of educators, health professionals, and other advocates for children who are concerned abouth the decline in children's health and well-being: www.allianceforchildhood.org.