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January 31, 2021
By Carole Howard & Library Staff

LIBRARY 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.

December 17, 2020
By Anu Malipatil

A Look Back on 2020: Supporting Impact in a Year of Challenge and Innovation

The Overdeck Family Foundation reflects on the last year of investments, recognizing the adaptations and challenges that grantees such as LENA have surmounted.

November 30, 2020
By Tom Vander Ark

Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development

The pandemic has impacted education at all levels, including early childhood education. As we consider how to rebuild the broken system, LENA programs have emerged as one of several promising, innovative solutions.

November 23, 2020
By Coastal Point Staff

Literacy program looking for new participants

After a successful first group, Read Aloud Delaware is recruiting families to a new virtual LENA Start group.

November 16, 2020
By Scott Van Aartsen

New Program To Help Parents Monitor How Much They Talk To Infants, Young Children

LENA Start classes will launch virtually in Sioux County, Iowa in January 2021.

October 7, 2020
By Emily Hayes

Southwest Colorado program helps parents grow child’s literacy

Families are invited to enroll in a new program to boost language development in infants and toddlers in southwestern Colorado.

September 22, 2020
By K.C. Compton

Deploying the Power of Talk for Toddlers Reaps Academic and Social Rewards As They Become Adolescents

Conversation with children is a free, powerful, proven tool to boost children’s IQ, language development, and vocabulary into adolescence.

September 16, 2020
By Cape Gazette Staff

Read Aloud launches initiative to close literacy and talk gap

A statewide nonprofit in Delaware will launch LENA Start to connect with families during the pandemic.

September 16, 2020
By Carly Roberts

Roberts: Parent Coaching Can Relieve Stress, Bolster Babies’ Language Skills and Create a Deeper Sense of Community

Carly Roberts, a senior program officer at the Overdeck Family Foundation, explains why it is crucial to coach and support parents to benefit children.

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September 7, 2020
By Chandler Parr

Read Aloud Delaware Launches New Partnership to Close Literacy and Talk Gap in Children

Read Aloud Delaware is partnering with a national nonprofit, LENA, to close the talk and literacy gap in children.

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September 3, 2020
By Shahrzad Warkentin

The More You Talk to Your Babies, the Smarter They’ll Be as Teens, New Study Finds

Conversations with babies are vital to early growth and development, a 10-year study suggests.

August 18, 2020
By SCCS Communications Team

Sioux City recognized for work in supporting early school success

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has recognized Sioux City with Pacesetter Honors for its work in 2019, including using LENA Home to boost school readiness for infants and toddlers.

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July 17, 2020
By Erika Alvero

‘Word pedometer’ aims to improve language development for children in Southwest Colorado

LENA Grow and LENA Home encourage teachers and parents to converse more with infants and toddlers in Southwest Colorado.

June 17, 2020
By Mark Swartz

5 Top Takeaways from Catalyzing Connections: Promise Venture’s Latest Entrepreneur Showcase

On June 10, Promise Venture Studio hosted a “Show +Tell” of recent innovations in early childhood education, featuring LENA Grow.

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May 31, 2020
By Team Lovevery

This Powerful Activity Can Change Your Child’s Brain

Back-and-forth conversations have a significant impact on language development and are important for social, emotional, and cognitive development.

March 19, 2020
By VOQAL Staff

Education Opportunity Project Spotlight: LENA

VOQAL supports LENA Grow to create a more equitable education system.

March 2, 2020
By Matthew Gillet

Wyndham Vale Childcare Centre in Australian First to Use Technology to Boost Language Development in Early Childhood

For the first time, an Australian child care center is using LENA Grow professional development with early childhood teachers.

February 26, 2020
By Forever Ready Productions

Video: Beyond babble, back-and-forth conversations are critical for baby brains

A video spotlight showcases how early childhood teachers use LENA Grow.

February 21, 2020
By Michelle Morgante

New “Babies” Series on Netflix Features UC Merced Professor’s Research on Development

A professor who uses LENA technology to study the relationship between children’s motor development and language development is featured in Netflix’s new series, Babies.

February 3, 2020
By Kim Eckhart

Not just ‘baby talk’: Parentese helps parents, babies make ‘conversation’ and boosts language development

Researchers at the University of Washington coached parents on how to boost child language development and used LENA technology to measure significant results.

January 26, 2020
By Albany Herald Staff

Phoebe Child Development Center performs above national average

For a local child care center in Georgia, using LENA Grow has boosted high-quality caregiving and led to measurable differences in both teachers and students.

January 17, 2020
By Deborah Bergeron

Big Ideas for Early Childhood Innovation and Education Partnerships

About 100 federal, national, state, and local leaders – including LENA president and CEO, Steve Hannon — shared ideas for innovation in early childhood at a recent event hosted by the Office of Early Childhood Development.

December 6, 2019
By Anna Bryson

High-tech device tracks communication with toddlers

At Step Up Suncoast, a nonprofit based in Manatee County, LENA Grow is used with teachers of 2-year-olds enrolled in Early Head Start.

November 22, 2019
By Jason Bittel

Can ‘word pedometers’ boost toddlers’ cognitive development?

New devices that measure words as they are spoken, similar to the way a FitBit tracks steps, promise a way to kickstart early development.

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