👋 “Love fuels learning,” as Isabelle Hau says in her powerful new book, Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Education.
I know this firsthand because a rare health condition kept me out of recess during kindergarten. Instead I spent extra time with my teacher — reading, talking, and forming a close bond.
Now I realize how that time together gave me the confidence to question, explore, and grow. The connection between love and learning was shaping me before I even had words for it.
Love to Learn reinforces what science has shown for decades: For babies and young children, loving relationships are as essential to health and happiness as food and shelter, and critical for cognitive development.