Videos

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Sharon Ouakil speaks with Nyesha Stone of Carvd N Stone about leaving the classroom to write, why regulation comes before instruction, and what emotional blackmail (fear, obligation, and guilt) has to do with how children learn.

Regulation isn't about children being calm all the time. It's about having a reliable way back to calm. The second pillar of The Hundred Percent Child, in the classroom and at home. Your calm is the lesson.

The Four Pillars describe the child's experience. R.I.S.E. is the adult work that makes them possible: Regulated Adults, Inclusive Community, Sustained Leadership, Engaged Classrooms. For directors, administrators, coaches, and systems leaders.

Before a child can learn, before they can regulate, before they can even ask a question, they have to feel safe. Felt safety is the first pillar of The Hundred Percent Child, in both books, and it starts with us.

Regulated Adults. Inclusive Community. Sustained Leadership. Engaged Classrooms. The four pillars describe the child's experience. R.I.S.E. is the adult work that makes it possible, and it is how we partner with schools, centers, and Early Head Start programs.

Do I belong here? Belonging is the felt sense, walking in each morning, that someone was expecting you and is glad you came. October's word from the four pillars of The Hundred Percent Child.

An introduction to The Hundred Percent Child. A new curriculum rarely moves outcomes on its own. Safety, regulation, belonging, and inquiry are the conditions that let learning take hold, in every classroom and at home.