Resources and Research
There is a growing body of research that validates what Mulberry has been doing for 45 years--social and emotional learning are as important in a child's education as reading, writing and arithmetic. Here are just some of the web sites and articles that explain why this approach is gaining mainstream popularity.
- The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
- The Center for Social and Emotional Education
- Academic and Social-Emotional Learning (an Educational Practices pamphlet)
- Education Week (free registration required to view archived article-Hand in Hand, Sep. 3, 2003)
- Kauffman Early Education Exchange Reports
- Harvard Education Letter Research Online article: Emotional Intelligence
- All Kinds of Minds - created by Dr. Mel Levine
- A Bridge to Reading: What Families Need to Know
- Brain Development in Early Childhood Development
- Brain Research and Student Learning (Council for Exceptional Children)
- Gender Differences Impact Learning (Council for Exceptional Children)
- Even more resources for brain research
- A United Way list of related web links
- Adjustment to Preschool (9 kb pdf)