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My inaugural book, Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Educationwas published in February 2025 by PublicAffairs, part of the Hachette Book Group.  

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Book Highlights:

  • Explores the cutting-edge science of relationships on how early relationships are key to healthy brain development, resilience, and lifelong flourishing.

  • Highlights the urgent need for nurturing, loving connections in early education given contracting circles of relationships around our young children.

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  • Pre-pandemic, one in five young learners and 44% of high schoolers did not have a single caring adult in their life. Recent data shows that 8 in 10 infants born during the pandemic lack a strong emotional connection with their moms.

  • We face a silent crisis with long-term negative impacts, but there is hope.

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Love to Learn Vision:

  • Offers a bold vision for a future where learning is relational, and love is a literacy.

  • Focuses on relational intelligence as the key to unlocking human potential, going beyond artificial intelligence.

  • Invites parents, grand-adults, educators, administrators, edupreneurs and all who care about children's learning and well-being to imagine, innovate, and prioritize love and relationships.

  • Aims to inspire, engage, and maybe change our understanding of childhood itself.

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Relational Roots:

  • Love to Learn is centered on the importance of relationships, and the book itself would not be coming to life without the incredible support of key relationships:

    • Publisher Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs/Hachette Book Group, who believed in this big idea from the start.

    • Agent extraordinaire, Jill Marsal with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, and editor Lisa Kaufman.

    • The unwavering support of my my "Book of Directors," family and friends.

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Book Goals:

Typical goals with books are fame or money.  For me, it is all about impact. How can each and every child learn and thrive? The profits of the book will be distributed back to nonprofit organizations featured in the book.

Press Coverage:

EdSurge
Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says, by Emily Tate Sullivan

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The Power of Early Relationships, by Rebecca Gale

Stanford
“In the Age of AI, What Makes Us Human” by Isabel Sacks
 

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“How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning” by Isabelle Hau and Michelle Kang

Ellen Galinsky Research to Thrive Buy
A Turning Point for Relational Intelligence, by Ellen Gallinsky

Burke Foundation
The science of love

FastCompany
As technology evolves, this the one skill we’ll need to succeed in life” by Isabelle Hau

NordAnglia
“Why Early Years are the most important years in learning” by Jenny Anderson

Commentary
Marina Helou 

Podcasts:

The 1000 Hours Outside

“The Future Belongs to Those With Relational Intelligence”, with host Ginny Yurich
 

Learning Can’t Wait

“Love to learn, AI in Education, Play In Education”, with host Hayley Spira-Bauer
 

This is Your Brain

“How Love Helps Kids Learn”, with host Dr. Phil Stieg 
 

Trending in Ed

“Relational Intelligence: The Key to Thriving in the Age of AI”, with host Mike Palmer
 

Capita In Conversation

Podcast with host Joe Waters
 

Learning Explorations

“Play drives creativity, it drives collaboration”, with host Emily Murphy
 

Future Trends

“Using AI in the Classroom Without Losing Your Humanity”, with hosts Jeremy Roschelle and Betsy Corcoran


Unlonely

“Rebuilding the Village: Love, Learning & Connection”, with host Dr. Judy Carrington
 

The Leading Equity Podcast

“Why Relationships Matter More Than Ever in Education”, with host Sheldon Eakins
 

Wide Walls

“Relational Intelligence, Educational Research, and Love to Learn” with host Matthiew Penot
 

The Missing Piece

“Education Demands Better Relationships with Children” with host Will (Menfei) Lee 
 

Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

“How Can Stories Shape the Future of Education”, with hosts Gorav Menon & Kevin Liu
 

School's In

“How effective are new education tools and technology in the classroom?” with hosts Dean Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope
 

Observatory

“How to Accelerate Research and Solutions in Learning”, with host José ‘Pepe’ Escamilla
 

ISABELLE C. HAU

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