The Mapping Children’s Play project team has been engaged in research across the project phases in order to understand and share our findings about how museums and libraries conceptualize and implement their ideas about play. In addition to the academic publications and presentations below, we have also synthesized some of our findings into Practitioner Briefs & Tools. Findings and reports of our project activities will be updated here as they become available.
Conference Presentations
Willett, R., Connolly, T., Wardrip, P.S. (2025, October 28-31). Mapping Children’s Play In Museums and Libraries: Reflections from Three Wisconsin Communities of Practice. Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference. Middleton, WI.
Connolly, T., Kociubuk, J., Willett, R., Wardrip, P.S. (2025, August 21). Building Communities of Practice to Advance Play in Museums, Libraries, and More. Play Make Learn Annual Conference. Madison, WI.
Willett, R. (2025, June 18). ‘I go all around my neighborhood and find the best playground’: children’s and parents’ experiences and conceptualizations of play. International Child and Family Conference. Bristol, UK.