Research

Great news for everyone's favorite Monkey! A study by the Concord Evaluation Group states that: "watching CURIOUS GEORGE episodes resulted in a knowledge boost for the children in the Television Group."

Among other things, this study found that:

The CURIOUS GEORGE TV tie-in books and television episodes had a positive impact on young children's knowledge of the science and math concepts covered.
CURIOUS GEORGE enabled parents to become more comfortable helping their children learn science and math concepts and more motivated to do so.
Families unanimously enjoyed watching and reading CURIOUS GEORGE and would recommend television episodes or TV tie-in books to other families.

Learn more by downloading the complete report, the Concord Evaluation Group's "Evaluation of Curious George." (PDF)

You can also download the executive summary (PDF) of the evaluation, or view this two-minute video summarizing the findings.

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