FUNabilia:
at least twenty-six things you can buy and have more
fun your own fine self games - books - more
stuff
Stuff
Bernie's Favorites
 Meeting
Toys
Click the link to read reviews and purchase some of Bernie's
favorite toys for office and meeting room
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Books and CD
The Well-Played Game click
image of cover to read reviews, purchase or download
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Junkyard
Sports
- More than 75 demonstration games.
- Endless variations of six major team sports that can be played
by almost anyone, anywhere, with just about anything.
- Games that are easy to implement and use low-cost or no-cost “found” materials
for equipment.
- Games that build physical, social, and mental skills, including
endurance, teamwork, and sensitivity to others.
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 Recess
for the Soul - $18 - Spoken word CD
"...a tool of incomparable effectiveness whether for personal
growth or in process with others " - Jay Beckwith
"...an approach to mind-expansion through the imagery of
childhood play " - Dr. Adam Blatner
"...completely original and quite profound" - Matt
Weinstein
"...a remarkable vehicle for self healing." - Jeanne
Segal
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Just
for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary - "...Torvaldsę real
genius lies not so much in his programming abilities, though
those are extraordinary, but in his capacity for that thing so
many of us never learn to do: have fun. Fun, Torvalds believes,
is at heart very far from the frivolous thing capitalism and
religion have made it out to be. Fun is, rather, the highest
form of human behavior, the thing that comes after survival and
community, the thing, in other words, that not only makes life
worth living, but is - or ought to be - a lifestyle in itself."
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Fun
Works: Leslie Yerkes makes a major contribution to those
of us who believe that it is actually possible for work to be
fun: case studies, stories, eleven "principles" for
making work fun, and vice versa
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Managing
to Have Fun is Matt Weinstein's artful collection of
actually fun things managers have managed to do in the name of
work. His stories of the silly, good-hearted things they've done
are entertaining, empowering and inspiring. Not profound. Not
transforming. But definitely funniferous. *
- Beyond
Boredom and Anxiety, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one
of his earliest published accounts of his experiments in search
of flow. Though the accounts of the research itself are
scientifically joyless, the insights and conclusions are positively
inspiring. His more recent book, Flow,
the Psychology of Optimal Experience is a more accessible
recapitulation of his earlier findings.
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The
New Games Book is a recipe for throwing a party for an
entire community. It conveys a spirit of play and openness that
reflects the best of the early 70's. More
New Games is a valuable extension to theme, as long as
you already own The
New Games Book
- Games
for Actors and Non-Actors "A genuinely inspiring handbook
packed with games, exercises, methods and techniques from the world-famous
author of Theatre of the Oppressed."
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Improvisation
for theatre by Viola Spolin is an excellent introduction
to the use of theater games with children, and for me the foundation
of my exploration of children's games and play. Her "Seven
Aspects of Spontaneity" in theoritical part of the book
is a most insightful introduction to play and creativity, and
worth the price of the book alone
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