Annotated Bibliography

Bender, Laura. E-mail interview by author. March

17, 2015. Laura was my teacher at Lincoln Park
Cooperative Nursery School when I was 4. She is now the
early childhood principal of an international school in Costa
Rica. I asked her about her about the Judy clock.

Salk, Scott. E-mail interview by author. March 17,

2015. Mr. Salk is a 1st/2nd grade teacher at AkibaSchechter. He was my teacher. I asked him about using the
Judy clock in his classroom.

Teachers, Purple Kindergarten. E-mail interview by

author. March 17, 2015. Mrs. Franken and Mrs. Kohl are
the Purple Kindergarten teachers at Akiba-Schechter and
were my teachers. I asked them about using the Judy clock
in their classroom.

Goldfein, Melvin. E-mail interview by author.

March 18, 2015. Mel, the son-in-law of Hymie Berman,
was married to Judy and is my great-uncle. I asked him about
his knowledge of the Judy company.

Escher Evola, Angie. E-mail interview by author.

March 18, 2015. This is an occupational therapist I know.
I asked her about play and learning and the Judy clock.

Feigelson, Happy. E-mail interview by author.

March 20, 2015. Happy is the daughter of Hymie Berman,
the sister of Judy and my grandmother. I asked her about her
memories of the Judy company and the values of the
company.

Sims, Colleen. E-mail interview by author. March

20, 2015. Colleen has taught child development to college

students and has a degree in early childhood education. I

asked her about play and the Judy clock.

Murray, Catherine. E-mail interview by author.

March 21, 2015. Catherine is a clinical social worker with
a specialty in infant development. I asked her about play,
learning and the Judy clock.

Cawn, Sherri. E-mail interview by author. March

22, 2015. Sherri is a speech and language therapist that
works with children. She lectures all over the world on child
development issues. I asked her about play and learning and
the Judy clock.

"Earlychildhood NEWS - Article Reading Center."

Earlychildhood NEWS - Article Reading Center.
Accessed March 18, 2015. I learned about theories
about the importance of play in learning.

"Educational Toy." Wikipedia. Accessed March 25,

2015. This helped me understand the definition of
educational toys.

Berman, H.D. as told to Mary OBrien Tyrrell. I

Remember: Bytes and Pieces of the Story of My
Life. St. Paul, Mn: Memoirs, Inc., 1997. This book
taught me about Hymies life and the Judy Company.

Hewitt, Karen, and Louise Roomet. Educational

Toys in America, 1800 to the Present. Burlington,
Vt.: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of
Vermont, 1979. This book helped me learn the history of
educational toys in the 16th through 19th Century.

"What Is an Educational Toy?" Littlesheep

Learning. Accessed March 17, 2015. This helped me

understand the definition of educational toys.