Ages 3-11 · Book 1, Accountability · 4,299 places
Foster and Kinship Care
Children who have moved carry every transition twice. A routine and a vocabulary that travel with them are worth more than any single placement.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Red Block — “Big feelings. Small choices. Real accountability.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Pick the one moment in the day that goes wrong most often
- Session 2
Read the story and name what is actually happening in it
- Session 3
Write the routine down in three steps a child can say back
- Session 4
Run it for a week without changing it, even on the bad days
- Session 5
Come back to it and let the child say what got easier
Questions leaders ask
Is foster and kinship care in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is accountability — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 3-11. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
How does this fit alongside the work your area professionals already do?
As shared language, not as treatment. It is a character story with a routine attached — nobody is assessed, diagnosed or scored in it — so it sits beside your own practice rather than claiming any part of it.
Can we use it with families as well as children?
That is where it works best. The take-home page gives a caregiver the same words the child heard, which is usually the missing half.
The rules that make it work
This is a character story, not a behaviour plan
Ellis Abel is a core-values series. No child is assessed, scored, diagnosed or labelled anywhere in it. It gives a room shared language, and it stops there.
Big feelings are not misbehaviour
A four-year-old at full volume is not defying anyone. Treating the feeling as an offence teaches a child to hide it, which is the opposite of the skill.
Name first, always
Every attempt to fix a feeling before naming it fails, and it fails loudly. The order in the book is the order in the room.
Ownership is small and specific
"Be responsible" means nothing at four. One job, done alone, every day, means everything, and it generalises on its own.
Adults go first
The adult naming their own feeling out loud in front of the child does more work than any session. Children copy what they see under pressure.
Routines beat reminders
A routine a child can recite is theirs. A reminder an adult repeats is the adult's, and it has to be repeated forever.
Foster and Kinship by metro area
Northeast
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- Foster and Kinship — Burlington, VT
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Midwest
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- Foster and Kinship — Davenport, IA
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- Foster and Kinship — Sioux Falls, SD
- Foster and Kinship — Duluth, MN
- Foster and Kinship — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Foster and Kinship — Evansville, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Fargo, ND
- Foster and Kinship — Kalamazoo, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Appleton, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Champaign, IL
- Foster and Kinship — Topeka, KS
- Foster and Kinship — Rochester, MN
- Foster and Kinship — Lafayette, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Columbia, MO
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- Foster and Kinship — Elkhart, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Springfield, IL
- Foster and Kinship — St. Cloud, MN
- Foster and Kinship — Racine, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Saginaw, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Iowa City, IA
- Foster and Kinship — Muskegon, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Eau Claire, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Oshkosh, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Bloomington, IL
- Foster and Kinship — La Crosse, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Terre Haute, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Waterloo, IA
- Foster and Kinship — Kenosha, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Janesville, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Bloomington, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Jackson, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Traverse City, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Rapid City, SD
- Foster and Kinship — Monroe, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Jefferson City, MO
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- Foster and Kinship — Sioux City, IA
- Foster and Kinship — Bismarck, ND
- Foster and Kinship — Wausau, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Manhattan, KS
- Foster and Kinship — Springfield, OH
- Foster and Kinship — Battle Creek, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Ames, IA
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- Foster and Kinship — Muncie, IN
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- Foster and Kinship — Michigan City, IN
- Foster and Kinship — Kankakee, IL
- Foster and Kinship — Grand Forks, ND
- Foster and Kinship — Mankato, MN
- Foster and Kinship — Fond du Lac, WI
- Foster and Kinship — Bay City, MI
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- Foster and Kinship — Dubuque, IA
- Foster and Kinship — Decatur, IL
- Foster and Kinship — Cape Girardeau, MO
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- Foster and Kinship — Midland, MI
- Foster and Kinship — Grand Island, NE
- Foster and Kinship — Minot, ND
South
- Foster and Kinship — Dallas, TX
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- Foster and Kinship — Raleigh, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Oklahoma City, OK
- Foster and Kinship — Louisville, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Richmond, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Memphis, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Birmingham, AL
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- Foster and Kinship — Greenville, SC
- Foster and Kinship — New Orleans, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Knoxville, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Foster and Kinship — McAllen, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Charleston, SC
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- Foster and Kinship — El Paso, TX
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- Foster and Kinship — Cape Coral, FL
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- Foster and Kinship — Greensboro, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Little Rock, AR
- Foster and Kinship — Deltona, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Winston-Salem, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Palm Bay, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Augusta, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Durham, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Fayetteville, AR
- Foster and Kinship — Jackson, MS
- Foster and Kinship — Chattanooga, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Huntsville, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Pensacola, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Lexington, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Killeen, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Wilmington, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Corpus Christi, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Ocala, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Savannah, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Brownsville, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Gulfport, MS
- Foster and Kinship — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Foster and Kinship — Lafayette, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Asheville, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Naples, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Mobile, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Spartanburg, SC
- Foster and Kinship — Beaumont, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Tallahassee, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Fayetteville, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Montgomery, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Shreveport, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Hickory, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Lubbock, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Huntington, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Gainesville, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Clarksville, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Columbus, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Roanoke, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Hagerstown, MD
- Foster and Kinship — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Kingsport, TN
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- Foster and Kinship — Longview, TX
- Foster and Kinship — College Station, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Laredo, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Slidell, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Amarillo, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Lynchburg, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Daphne, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Tyler, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Lake Charles, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Foster and Kinship — Macon, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Fort Smith, AR
- Foster and Kinship — Panama City, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Charlottesville, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Gainesville, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Athens, GA
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- Foster and Kinship — Punta Gorda, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Jacksonville, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Johnson City, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Lexington Park, MD
- Foster and Kinship — Warner Robins, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Auburn, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Florence, SC
- Foster and Kinship — Charleston, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Houma, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Bowling Green, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Dover, DE
- Foster and Kinship — Midland, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Burlington, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Abilene, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Jackson, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Greenville, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Blacksburg, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Odessa, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Decatur, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Hattiesburg, MS
- Foster and Kinship — The Villages metro area, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Florence, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Dothan, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Sherman, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Valdosta, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Winchester, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Wichita Falls, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Rocky Mount, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Alexandria, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Dalton, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Texarkana, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Albany, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Morgantown, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Hammond, LA
- Foster and Kinship — Harrisonburg, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Jonesboro, AR
- Foster and Kinship — Wheeling, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Cleveland, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Salisbury, MD
- Foster and Kinship — Staunton, VA
- Foster and Kinship — Morristown, TN
- Foster and Kinship — Elizabethtown, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Lawton, OK
- Foster and Kinship — Goldsboro, NC
- Foster and Kinship — San Angelo, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Brunswick, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Anniston, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Owensboro, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Steubenville, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Sebring, FL
- Foster and Kinship — Pinehurst, NC
- Foster and Kinship — Beckley, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Sumter, SC
- Foster and Kinship — Gadsden, AL
- Foster and Kinship — Paducah, KY
- Foster and Kinship — Rome, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Victoria, TX
- Foster and Kinship — Hot Springs, AR
- Foster and Kinship — Hinesville, GA
- Foster and Kinship — Parkersburg, WV
- Foster and Kinship — Enid, OK
- Foster and Kinship — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Foster and Kinship — Los Angeles, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Phoenix, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Riverside, CA
- Foster and Kinship — San Francisco, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Seattle, WA
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- Foster and Kinship — Portland, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Sacramento, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Las Vegas, NV
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- Foster and Kinship — Salt Lake City, UT
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- Foster and Kinship — Tucson, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Honolulu, HI
- Foster and Kinship — Bakersfield, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Albuquerque, NM
- Foster and Kinship — Boise, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Oxnard, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Stockton, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Colorado Springs, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Provo, UT
- Foster and Kinship — Ogden, UT
- Foster and Kinship — Spokane, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Reno, NV
- Foster and Kinship — Modesto, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Santa Rosa, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Visalia, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Vallejo, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Salem, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Santa Maria, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Salinas, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Anchorage, AK
- Foster and Kinship — Eugene, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Greeley, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Fort Collins, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Boulder, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Kennewick, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Olympia, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Merced, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Bremerton, WA
- Foster and Kinship — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Bend, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Yakima, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Santa Cruz, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Bellingham, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Las Cruces, NM
- Foster and Kinship — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Yuma, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Medford, OR
- Foster and Kinship — St. George, UT
- Foster and Kinship — Chico, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Billings, MT
- Foster and Kinship — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Yuba City, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Redding, CA
- Foster and Kinship — El Centro, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Idaho Falls, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Pueblo, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Grand Junction, CO
- Foster and Kinship — Logan, UT
- Foster and Kinship — Maui, HI
- Foster and Kinship — Santa Fe, NM
- Foster and Kinship — Hanford, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Flagstaff, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Mount Vernon, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Napa, CA
- Foster and Kinship — Albany, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Bozeman, MT
- Foster and Kinship — Missoula, MT
- Foster and Kinship — Wenatchee, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Foster and Kinship — Twin Falls, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Farmington, NM
- Foster and Kinship — Longview, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Cheyenne, WY
- Foster and Kinship — Corvallis, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Helena, MT
- Foster and Kinship — Fairbanks, AK
- Foster and Kinship — Pocatello, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Grants Pass, OR
- Foster and Kinship — Great Falls, MT
- Foster and Kinship — Casper, WY
- Foster and Kinship — Lewiston, ID
- Foster and Kinship — Walla Walla, WA
- Foster and Kinship — Carson City, NV
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