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Language program is helping local kids get kindergarten-ready
A language program called LENA Start is helping local children get ready for success in the classroom.
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Birmingham receives grant for talk-based early childhood learning program
The city of Birmingham was selected as one of five cities that will replicate a free, early childhood education program in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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Hartford one of five U.S. cities launching language development program for young children
The city of Hartford is launching an early childhood program to support language development, inspired by an initiative launched in neighboring Rhode Island called Providence Talks.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Replication of Mayors Challenge-Winning Early Childhood Learning Innovation in Five U.S. Cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the five American cities that will replicate Providence Talks, an early childhood education program that empowers parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age and help children enter kindergarten classroom ready.
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Wearable 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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The Power of Conversation in Virginia Beach
How the city is investing in its future by replicating Providence Talks.
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Bloomberg 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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Birmingham selected to partner with Bloomberg Philanthropies on early learning initiative
The city of Birmingham was selected as one of five cities that will replicate a free, early childhood education program in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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LENA 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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Device 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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‘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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HCS 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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Huntsville parenting program creating stronger student readers
Young children in Huntsville are becoming stronger readers because of the LENA Start parenting program.
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WEB 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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Early speech exposure could boost language skills for kids with autism
The more words autistic children hear as infants — and the more verbal interactions they have with their caregivers — the better their language skills at age 2, a new study suggests.
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Brilliant 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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Randomized Trial of LENA Home in A Home Visiting Program
A new study will evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of adding the LENA Home program to the standard Every Child Succeeds (ECS) home visiting curriculum.
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Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: Spartanburg County Public Libraries
Spartanburg County Public Libraries, a 2019 Grantee of the Mary Black Foundation, will implement LENA Start classes and LENA Home coaching visits for local families to support early childhood development.
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New language program could increase school readiness in Spartanburg County children
A new program from the Spartanburg County Public Library and partners could help improve kindergarten readiness countywide thanks to two grants from the Mary Black Foundation and LENA.
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Measuring the tides of talk
Using LENA technology, researchers have discovered new insights into children’s home language environments.
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Before 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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Speak to Me, Baby
Advice columnist Mr. Dad shares tips to help your child develop verbal skills.
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Foundation Awards $765,125 in Grants
The Mary Black Foundation awarded $56,700 to Spartanburg County Public Libraries to purchase LENA technology and implement LENA Start and LENA Home.
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Study aims to prevent children’s speech and language disorders before they start
Speech and language researchers at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions, together with collaborators at Washington State University, have received a National Institutes of Health grant of almost $1 million to use LENA technology in a study that will try to prevent speech and language problems before they happen.