NURTURING CREATIVE, CONFIDENT, AND COMPASSIONATE LEARNERS

Books

The Mindful Child by Susan Kaiser Greenland

Earth In Mind by David W. Orr

Tears and Tantrums: What to Do When Babies and Children Cry by Aletha Jauch Solter

Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel

The Whole-Brained Child by Daniel Siegel

Hold On To Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate

Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabbat-Zinn

Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Social, Emotional, and Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow

The Out of Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz

Articles

NPR: 'Emotional Intelligence' Author on Why Cultivating Focus is Key to Success

BBC: School should start ‘above age five’ 

NYT: Cuddle Your Kid!

NYT: Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?

NYT: The Stories that Bind Us

Scientific American Mind: On Raising Smart Kids

Psych Central: 6 Benefits of Roughhousing for Kids

The Sun: Thinking Outside the Classroom

NYT: Pay People to Cook at Home

NYT: When Helping Hurts

NYT: A Child’s Wild Kingdom

NYT: In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind

NYT: Lessons Found in the Mud

NYT: In Mindfulness, a Method to Sharpen Focus and Open Minds

NYT: Easing Brain Fatigue With a Walk in the Park

NYT: Why Do I Teach?

NYT: No Learning Without Feeling

NYT: One Classroom, Two Genders

NYT: Time To Write? Go Outside

BBC: Rhythmic Ability Linked to Language

BBC: Get Outside And Go Wild

NYT: The Island Where People Forget to Die

Websites

Enki Education

Seeds of Peace

Hand in Hand Parenting