What if the things a child cannot tell you are the things you most need to understand?
What I Wish My Teacher Knew by Sam Gardner is a deeply personal reflection on education, childhood and growing up within the care system.
Through lyrical writing, raw storytelling and vivid moments from life in foster care, Sam explores the enormous influence teachers and other trusted adults can have on a child's experience of safety, belonging and trust. Goodreads
Written from the perspective of both lived experience and education, the book asks adults to look beyond what they can immediately see and listen more carefully to the quiet signals a child may be sending.
It explores the small, everyday moments that can communicate something much bigger to a child: you belong here, or you don't.
Created for teachers, foster carers, social workers and others working alongside vulnerable and care-experienced children, this is a book about understanding the child's inner world and recognising the power adults hold to either help or harm. Goodreads
A love letter to the child Sam was, and the teacher he needed. Goodreads
What if the things a child cannot tell you are the things you most need to understand?
What I Wish My Teacher Knew by Sam Gardner is a deeply personal reflection on education, childhood and growing up within the care system.
Through lyrical writing, raw storytelling and vivid moments from life in foster care, Sam explores the enormous influence teachers and other trusted adults can have on a child's experience of safety, belonging and trust. Goodreads
Written from the perspective of both lived experience and education, the book asks adults to look beyond what they can immediately see and listen more carefully to the quiet signals a child may be sending.
It explores the small, everyday moments that can communicate something much bigger to a child: you belong here, or you don't.
Created for teachers, foster carers, social workers and others working alongside vulnerable and care-experienced children, this is a book about understanding the child's inner world and recognising the power adults hold to either help or harm. Goodreads
A love letter to the child Sam was, and the teacher he needed. Goodreads