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Every interaction counts.

Changing the conversation: How we’re thinking about building impact in early childhood

By Stephen M. Hannon, PhDDecember 13, 2022

By year’s end, LENA technology will have measured 20 million conversational turns on 90,000 LENA Days. But that’s only part of the story, and it’s where we go from there that we’re focusing on now.

Sounding the alarm about young children’s language development: A look back at our most viewed content of 2022

By LENA TeamDecember 6, 2022

A look back at some of the blog posts and webinars that attracted the most eyes and ears in 2022.

Improving early childhood through locally focused philanthropic partnerships

By Jen RhodesNovember 30, 2022

When it comes to accelerating the growth of LENA programs, place-based philanthropic support is critical.

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New data analysis: One in five children in child care spends most of the day in language isolation

By LENA TeamNovember 2, 2022

According to LENA’s recent analysis of day-long audio recordings from 15,820 children, approximately one in five children spent most of the day in language isolation.

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Classroom interaction and teacher experience: Relationships between conversational turn rates and years of experience in child care

By LENA TeamOctober 25, 2022

While more experienced teachers foster more interactive talk in their classrooms, participating in LENA Grow helps less experienced teachers catch up.

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Early literacy and early talk: Webinar highlights featuring author Maya Smart

By LENA TeamOctober 19, 2022

In a recent webinar, author Maya Payne Smart shared her vision for our “collective power to raise our readers well.”

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Providence Talks Replication: A renewed commitment to quality child care in Virginia Beach

By LENA TeamOctober 11, 2022

“Investing in our youngest citizens at birth and continuing to do so throughout their school years makes smart economic sense,” says Virginia Beach GrowSmart coordinator Barbara Lito.

Providence Talks Replication: From participant to program director in Detroit

By Victoria WashingtonOctober 5, 2022

Victoria Washington went from LENA Start participant to Director of Brilliant Detroit’s 313Speaks program.

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Providence Talks Replication: Sustaining growth and “working toward yes” in Birmingham

By LENA TeamOctober 4, 2022

Having nearly quadrupled their reach in just three years’ time, Birmingham Talks is focused on a bright future.

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Providence Talks Replication: Building city-wide impact one family at a time in Hartford

By LENA TeamSeptember 27, 2022

Entering its fourth year, Hartford Talks is focusing on families. Here are two families’ LENA stories.

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Research shows links between LENA Grow participation and social-emotional growth

By LENA TeamSeptember 2, 2022

Analyses reveal strong evidence that LENA Grow may give children’s social-emotional development a boost. 

Research Roundup

Research Roundup: NICU interventions enhance interactive talk with premature babies

By LENA TeamAugust 23, 2022

Two recent publications from researchers at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island highlight the promise of interventions aimed at increasing preterm infants’ exposure to adult interaction in the NICU.

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How LENA Grow teaches a coach to be a better coach

By Colleen HaddadAugust 16, 2022

Seven ways LENA Grow has helped me help teachers take active charge of their own learning.

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QRIS and interaction: Do quality rating systems reflect individual experience?

By LENA TeamAugust 10, 2022

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.

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Announcing new enhancements to LENA Grow: Easy, inclusive, equitable

By LENA TeamJuly 18, 2022

LENA Grow is designed to make every interaction count in early childhood education. The new enhancements make it easy, inclusive, and equitable.

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“1, 2, 3 Talk with Me”: One mother’s story of completing Virtual LENA Start

By LENA TeamMay 16, 2022

Working from home while caring for a baby is an all-too-familiar juggling act these days. A mom in Phoenix tells her story of how LENA Start helped.

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Postpartum depression and early talk: My experience

By Liz PettitMay 12, 2022

What can you do to ensure you’re supporting parents experiencing perinatal mood or anxiety disorders?

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Webinar follow-up and reflections: Do COVID babies “talk” less?

By LENA TeamApril 20, 2022

Highlights and topics that emerged from our webinar on caregiver-child interactions during COVID with Dr. Sean Deoni and Dr. Jill Gilkerson.

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Expanding PD hours for early childhood educators participating in LENA Grow

By Colleen HaddadApril 5, 2022

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.

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COVID-era infants vocalize less and experience fewer conversational turns, says LENA research team

By LENA TeamMarch 7, 2022

COVID-era babies may be at greater risk of experiencing language delays.

Some of our favorite books for the 0-5 year olds in your life!

By LENA TeamMarch 1, 2022

An assortment of the LENA Team’s favorite books, in honor of National Reading Month.

A teacher, a coach, and an administrator on LENA Grow’s impact: Webinar highlights

By Colleen HaddadFebruary 25, 2022

Highlights from a webinar where we hear directly from a teacher, coach, and administrator using LENA Grow.

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Kindergarten readiness, parent education, and conversational turns: A statistically significant correlation in a rural South Carolina school district

By LENA TeamFebruary 14, 2022

A study out of Cherokee County, S.C., has found a correlation between parent participation in LENA programs and higher scores on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment.

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Parent recruitment for LENA Start and LENA Home: Recognizing and responding to barriers

By Cameron KizziahFebruary 7, 2022

A recent Community Conversation among our partners inspired these new ideas about recruiting families for programs like Start and Home.

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