As teachers, we were taught that in order for a child or young adult to learn we have to make sure that the "whole child's" needs are met. There are five parts of the whole child there are as follows:

• Physical-everything that has to do with the body

• Cognitive- is the student's thinking process (problem-solving and abstract thinking,)

• Emotional- knowing the names of feelings and accepting one's own feelings

• Social- ability to converse and act appropriately with others

• Linguistic- ability to speak coherently

We have to make sure that all five of those are met before we can feed the students' hunger for knowledge.