{"id":11691,"date":"2021-12-20T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strong-wp.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/?page_id=11691"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:12:27","slug":"journalofplay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/journalofplay\/","title":{"rendered":"American Journal of Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"heroInternal__bgImage \" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ball-boys-700.jpg');\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heroInternal bgGradient bgGradient__medium\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ball-boys-700.jpg');\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n                <h1>American Journal of Play<\/h1>\n                <svg id=\"animateLink\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 300 11\"><g id=\"Layer_2\" data-name=\"Layer 2\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\" data-name=\"Layer 1\"><path stroke=\"#ffd204\" fill=\"none\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5\" class=\"cls-1\" d=\"M0,2.5c8.82,0,8.82,6,17.65,6s8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.83-6,17.66-6,8.82,6,17.65,6\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n                                <p>The\u00a0American Journal of Play\u00a0 is an interdisciplinary journal written for a diverse international readership.<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n            <ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\" title=\"Homepage\">Homepage<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"breadsep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/themes\/navigation-pro\/images\/triangle-right.svg\"> <\/li><\/ul>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cardsFluid \" style=\"padding: 50px 0px\" >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                    <div class=\"grid intro align-center\">\n                                                      <div class=\"col-8\">\n                                          <h2>Latest Journal Issues<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"col-4\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/journalofplay\/issues\/\" target=\"_self\">See All Issues<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"grid\">\n                <div class=\"col-12\">\n                    <p>View every issue of the American Journal of Play\u2014beginning with its inaugural issue in 2008\u2014for free.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"grid\" style=\"display:flex;\">\n                                                                                <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                                <div class=\"cardWrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AJP-cover-17-1-crop.jpg');\"><\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"cardBody\">\n                                                                                                                            <h3 style=\"font-size:18px\">Volume 17, Issue 1<\/h3>\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"cardFooter\">\n                                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/journalofplay\/issues\/volume-17-issue-1\/\" target=\"_self\">Read Issue<\/a>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                                <div class=\"cardWrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AJP-16-2-3-crop.jpg');\"><\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"cardBody\">\n                                                                                                                            <h3 style=\"font-size:18px\">Volume 16, Number 2 &#038; 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Singer, Heidi D\u2019Agnostino, Raeka DeLong<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6-1-article-play-and-self-regulation.pdf\">Play and Self-Regulation: Lessons from Vygotsky<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nElena Bodrova, Carrie Germeroth, and Deborah J. 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