BLOG POST - Teachers and coaches share their experiences with LENA Grow
We’ve interviewed LENA Grow participants nationwide for an inside look at what it’s like to complete the professional development program for early childhood teachers....
LENA - Building brains through early talk
BLOG POST - The positive impact of LENA Grow certification
LENA’s research team completed an analysis of the impact that certification has on teachers who participate in LENA Grow....
BLOG POST - Dual language learners experience less teacher-child interaction in child care and preschool: New data analysis
Early childhood education classrooms across the U.S. provide significantly fewer conversational turns for children who are dual language learners than for their monolingual peers....
BLOG POST - Announcing new enhancements to LENA Grow: Easy, inclusive, equitable
LENA Grow is designed to make every interaction count in early childhood education. The new enhancements make it easy, inclusive, and equitable....
BLOG POST - Meet the new LENA Grow, redesigned for even greater impact!
The new LENA Grow is refreshed, streamlined, and ready to bring an early language focus to your professional development initiative for early childhood teachers....
BLOG POST - LENA Grow coach shares best practice
A peer coach shares how she incentivizes teachers during the LENA Grow program....
LENA in Alabama
LENA in Alabama In 2019, Birmingham was selected as one of five U.S. cities to replicate the widely celebrated Providence Talks program. Birmingham Talks has grown its reach quickly, now serving…...
BLOG POST - A renewed emphasis on adult-child interactions in Texas
A recent change to the Texas Rising Star QRIS assigns more weight to the importance of adult-child interactions in early childhood programs....
BLOG POST - QRIS and interaction: Do quality rating systems reflect individual experience?
Data analysis suggests that approximately 1 in 4 children experiences very little adult-child interaction, even within classrooms at centers that have achieved the highest QRIS rating possible....
BLOG POST - Expanding PD hours for early childhood educators participating in LENA Grow
We’re committed to maximizing LENA Grow’s impact on early educators’ careers. Expanding LENA Grow’s approval for professional development hours is an important part of that equation....
BLOG POST - Celebrate Good Times, Come On: Virtual Ways to Acknowledge Your Families, Teachers, and Teams
It can be easy to plug away at tasks and deadlines without taking time to pause and acknowledge accomplishments. Celebrating the small and big wins within your program is crucial to the health of your…...
BLOG POST - Family child care provider used LENA Grow to connect with parents, children
For Pamela Robinson, a family child care provider in Georgia, using LENA Grow was an opportunity to show parents all the brain-building interaction that happens during the day in her home as she…...
Community Advisory Board
LENA is on a mission to transform children’s futures through early talk technology and data-driven programs. Through this Council, we seek to ensure that the voices of those using LENA technology and…...
