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Psychological Benefits of Play
It has become increasingly recognized that play is essential for a full, healthy, and creative life. There is even a (U.S.) National Institute for Play, set up to study and promulgate these benefits. Various psychological advantages have been claimed over the ...
- Billiards
- Bowling
- Charades
- Crosswords
- Darts
- Dice
- Dominoes and Variations of
- Hobbies
- I Spy
- Mazes
- Musical Chairs
- Odd Man Out
- Parlor Games
- Password
- Puzzles
- Skittles
- Stock Market Games
- Sudoku
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Trivial Pursuit
- Twenty Questions
- Who Am I?
- Word Games (Other Than Crosswords)
- Backgammon
- Battleships
- Bingo
- Boggle
- Checkers and Variations of
- Chess and Variations of
- Chinese Checkers
- Diplomacy
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Go
- Hand and Foot
- Life
- Mahjong
- Monopoly and Variations of
- Ouija Board
- Peg Boards
- Probe
- Risk, the Game
- Scrabble
- Snakes and Ladders
- Stratego
- Trivial Pursuit
- Warhammer
- Ace-Deuce-Jack
- All Fives
- Auction Pitch
- Baccarat
- Beggar My Neighbor
- Bezique
- Blackjack
- Boston
- Brag
- Bridge and Variations of
- Casino
- Cribbage
- Donkey
- Ecarté
- Euchre
- Faro
- Fish
- Hearts
- Loo
- Memory and Play
- Mille Bornes
- Monte Bank
- Napoleon
- Old Maid
- Pinochle
- Piquet
- Play or Pay
- Poker and Variations of
- Pope Joan
- Preference
- Racing Demon
- Rolling Stone
- Rummy and Variations of
- Sequence
- Seven Up
- Skat
- Slapjack
- Solitaire and Variations of
- Spit
- Spoil Five
- War
- Whist
- Ziginette
- Blind Man's Bluff
- Car and Travel Games
- Clapping Games
- Erector Sets
- Finger Games
- Frisbee
- Hares and Hounds
- Hide and Seek
- Hit the Rat
- Jacks
- Jump Rope
- Kick the Can
- Leapfrog
- London Bridge
- Marbles
- Marco Polo
- Piggy in the Middle
- Pinball
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey
- Playing “Doctor”
- Playing “House”
- Pokémon
- Pretending
- Punch & Judy
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Sand Play
- Singing Games
- Softball
- Speech Play
- Spinning Tops
- Table Hockey
- Table Soccer
- Tag
- Tiddlywinks
- Tinkertoys
- Tree Houses
- Water Play
- Africa, Traditional Play in
- Ancient China
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient India
- Ancient Rome
- Assyrian/Babylonian Culture
- Australian Aborigine
- Central Asia, Ancient
- Europe, 1200 to 1600
- Europe, 1600 to 1800
- Europe, 1800 to 1900
- Europe, 1900 to 1940
- Europe, 1940 to 1960
- Europe, 1960 to Present
- History of Playing Cards
- Mesoamerican Cultures
- Native Americans
- New Zealand Maori
- South Americans, Traditional Cultures
- Spanish America
- United States, 1783 to 1860
- United States, 1860 to 1876
- United States, 1876 to 1900
- United States, 1900 to 1930
- United States, 1930 to 1960
- United States, 1960 to Present
- United States, Colonial Period
- Vikings
- Athletics (Amateur)
- Ballooning
- Baseball (Amateur)
- Basketball (Amateur)
- Bicycles
- Bocee
- Boules
- Bungee Jumping
- Cracking the Whip
- Cricket (Amateur)
- Croquet
- Curling (Scottish)
- Dodgeball
- Fishing
- Folk Dancing
- Football (Amateur)
- Highland Games
- Golf (Amateur)
- Hockey (Amateur)
- Horse Racing (Amateur)
- Kayaking and Canoeing
- Kite Flying
- Maypole Dancing
- Morris Dancing
- Music, Playing
- Netball
- Paintball
- Ping Pong
- Rodeos
- Roller Coasters
- Rugby (Amateur)
- Sailing
- Skateboarding
- Skating
- Skiing
- Snail Racing
- Snowboarding
- Soccer (Amateur) Worldwide
- Stilts
- Surfing
- Swimming (Amateur)
- Tennis (Amateur) and Variations of
- Volleyball (Amateur)
- Academic Learning and Play
- Models
- Montessori
- Mother-Child Play
- Play and Evolution
- Play and Literacy
- Play in the Classroom
- Recess
- Teacher-Child Co-Play
- Toys and Child Development
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Arctic Play (First Nations)
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas and Caribbean
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Central American Nations
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, North and South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia and Montenegro
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Adlerian Play Therapy
- “Bad” Play
- Boys' Play
- Common Adventure Concept
- Daydreaming
- Experiential Learning Definitions and Models
- Fantasy Play
- Female Aggressive Relationships Within Play (Putallaz)
- Gambling
- Gamesmanship
- Games of Deception
- Girls' Play
- Homo Ludens (Huizinga)
- Human Relationships in Play
- Inter-Gender Play
- Luck and Skill in Play
- Piaget and Play
- Play Among Animals
- Play and Learning Theory
- Play and Power, Psychology of
- Play as Catharsis
- Play as Competition, Psychology of
- Play as Entertainment, Psychology of
- Play as Interspecies Communication (Pets)
- Play as Learning, Psychology of
- Play as Mastery of Nature
- Play as Mock War, Psychology of
- Play as Progress (Sutton-Smith)
- Play as Rehearsal of Reality
- Play Frames
- Playing Alone
- Pretending
- Psychoanalytic Theory and Play
- Psychological Benefits of Play
- Psychology of Play (Vygotsky)
- Rhetorics of Play (Sutton-Smith)
- Role-Playing
- Sex Play
- Social Psychology of Play
- Symbol Formation and Play
- Team Play
- Teasing
- Unstructured Play
- Amusement Parks
- Anti-Competition Play
- Arcades
- Caillois: Man, Play and Games
- Cityscapes as Play Sites
- Cooperative Play
- Costumes in Play
- Game Theory
- Organized or Sanctioned Play
- Play and Power, Sociology of
- Play as Competition, Sociology of
- Play as Entertainment, Sociology of
- Play as Learning, Sociology of
- Play as Mock War, Sociology of
- Playground as Politics
- Social Distinctions
- Sociological Benefits of Play
- Spontaneous Group Play
- Theology of Play
- Action Figures
- Blinky Bill
- Dolls, Barbie and Others
- G.I. Joe
- Gollywogs
- Hobby Horses
- Jigsaws
- Lead Soldiers
- LEGOs
- Meccano
- Paddington Bear
- Pet Rocks
- Rocking Horses
- Rubik's Cube
- Teddy Bears
- Wendy Houses
- Yo-Yos
- Airfix
- Amiga
- Avalon Hill
- Bandai
- Coleco
- Fisher-Price
- Galoob
- Hasbro
- Hornby
- Imperial Toy
- JAKKS Pacific Toys
- Kenner
- LEGOs
- Lionel
- LJN
- Matchbox
- McFarlane Toys
- Minifigs
- Parker Brothers
- Playmates
- Playskool
- Revell
- Strong National Museum of Play
- Tiger Electronics
- TOMY
- Toybiz
- Trendmasters
- TSR
- Waddington
- Wargames Research Group
- Age of Empires
- Battlefield 1942
- Civilization (I, II, III, IV)
- Cossacks (Napoleonic Wars)
- Counter-Strike
- Dragon Quest
- Dragon Warrior
- Dungeon Lords
- Flight Simulation
- GoldenEye 007
- Grand Theft Auto
- Legend of Zelda
- Maple Story
- Mario
- Minesweeper
- Mortal Kombat
- Runescape
- Silkroad Online
- SimCity
- Snake
- Solitaire
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Street Fighter I and II
- Tetris
- Tomb Raider
- World of Warcraft
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