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June 14, 2022
By Myra AnubiPodcast: Racing to get kids reading
People Fixing the World: How a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy.
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January 31, 2021
By Carole Howard & Library StaffLIBRARY NEWS: New Early Literacy Program Arrives in Pagosa
In partnership with AmeriCorps and the San Juan BOCES, Archuleta county is launching LENA Start, a talk-based early literacy program focused on children aged birth to three.
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October 14, 2019
By Katherine HafnerTalk pedometers may boost your baby’s brain development
A growing body of research about early childhood education and cognitive development suggests that chatting with children, particularly from birth to age 3, is crucial. That thinking is at the heart of the program that Virginia Beach is now expanding with a nearly $450,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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October 13, 2019
By Katherine HafnerTalk pedometers may boost your baby’s brain development
A growing body of research about early childhood education and cognitive development suggests that chatting with children, particularly from birth to age 3, is crucial. That thinking is at the heart of the program that Virginia Beach is now expanding with a nearly $450,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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October 13, 2019
By Associated PressTalk pedometers may boost your baby’s brain development
A growing body of research about early childhood education and cognitive development suggests that chatting with children, particularly from birth to age 3, is crucial. That thinking is at the heart of the program that Virginia Beach is now expanding with a nearly $450,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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October 6, 2019
By Katherine HafnerDoes speaking to your baby boost brain development? Virginia Beach uses “talk pedometers” to help parents find out
A growing body of research about early childhood education and cognitive development suggests that chatting with children, particularly from birth to age 3, is crucial. That thinking is at the heart of the program that Virginia Beach is now expanding with a nearly $450,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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October 3, 2019
By Nicole GuadianoWhat went missing when Vice President Biden talked about the ‘word gap,’ record players and poor children
The former vice president correctly referred to recent research about poor children hearing 4 million fewer words, on average, than those in wealthier families, said Jill Gilkerson, the lead author of a 2017 study that the Biden campaign says he was citing. But she adds that there’s way more to the story when it comes to increasing a child’s verbal ability and IQ through early language.
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October 1, 2019
By Melissa HogenboomWhy the way we talk to children really matters
There could be a simple way to help young children’s brains improve for the better, with long-lasting benefits.
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September 26, 2019
By Dr. Dana SuskindWhat cutting-edge neuroscience tells us about early childhood development
Dr. Dana Suskind, a pediatric surgeon, explores the utility and shortcomings of Hart and Risley’s 1995 “word gap” study and explores what new neuroscience research is revealing about how back and forth conversations build babies’ brains.
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September 24, 2019
By John WiselyWearable device counts words Detroit parents say to their young children
Detroit is one of five cities chosen to launch a new program that equips children with special devices known as talk pedometers.
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September 24, 2019
By Ivy GilbertThe Power of Conversation in Virginia Beach
How the city is investing in its future by replicating Providence Talks.
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September 24, 2019
By Linda BorgBloomberg cites Providence’s success in expanding childhood language program to 5 other cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit; Hartford; Louisville and Virginia Beach are picking up the program.
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September 19, 2019
By Jeanna Baxter WhiteA smarter way to start
Smart Start of Davie County offers residents and early childhood educators free programs, including LENA Home, as it seeks to ensure quality childcare, education, health, and family support programs for all Davie children birth to 5
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September 17, 2019
By Rose McBrideLENA Start program teaches parents about benefits of early speech patterns in children
Parents can learn more about their children's early language development with LENA’s “talk pedometer” technology as part of the LENA Start program in Marathon County.
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September 17, 2019
By WAOW TeamDevice capturing words you say to your child growing in our area
LENA Start kicked off in Marathon County last year, but now it’s expanding, helping even more parents than before.
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September 17, 2019
By Rob Mentzer‘Just Talk’: In Wausau, Technology Program Helps Parents Boost Babies’ Language Skills
Parents can learn more about their children's early language development with LENA’s “talk pedometer” technology as part of the LENA Start program in Marathon County.
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September 15, 2019
By Keith WardHCS School Readiness Shares New Success Results of Early Start LENA Program
Parents can learn more about their children's early language development with LENA’s “talk pedometer” technology as part of the LENA Start program in Marathon County.
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August 28, 2019
By Mary StackhouseWEB EXTRA: Parent shares how LENA program prepared her child for success in school
Jovonne Foster shares about how Huntsville City Schools’ language program, LENA, helped prepare her child for success in kindergarten.
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August 4, 2019
By Sherri WelchBrilliant Detroit opening 7 new neighborhood sites this year in expansion push
A new nonprofit in Detroit is expanding initiatives focused on kindergarten readiness, early literacy, and family stability in high-need neighborhoods.
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May 23, 2019
By Rosemary CounterBefore I had kids, I vowed never to use baby talk. Here’s why I was wrong.
Research shows that using “Motherese” — a form of communication with a higher pitch, more variability in tones, and lots of repetition — helps babies learn language.
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May 14, 2019
By Armin BrottSpeak to Me, Baby
Advice columnist Mr. Dad shares tips to help your child develop verbal skills.
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May 10, 2019
By Leah CampbellWant to Boost Your Baby’s Intelligence? Talk to Them – A Lot
New research finds parents who frequently talk to toddlers not only help improve their child’s vocabulary, but they also give nonverbal abilities like reasoning and numerical understanding a boost.
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January 1, 2019
By Siobhan RileyNew program helping Memphis parents, children fight illiteracy and poverty
A new program in Memphis, Tennessee, is teaching moms the importance of early communication with their child.
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December 12, 2018
By Koby LevinThis growing program is addressing Detroit’s literacy crisis — just don’t say it’s filling a ‘word gap’
A small program that started in Detroit last year with an innovative plan to improve infants’ language skills has proved promising and is preparing to expand to serve more than 150 families.