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April 27, 2021
By News DeskBay County Libraries Begin Early Childhood Language Development Program
In Michigan, the Bay County Library System is launching its first LENA Start program.
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March 8, 2021
By Bria ChatmanLanguage program for parents and babies offered by Birmingham Talks
After launching its first LENA Start program in the fall of 2020, Birmingham Talks is recruiting families for its next program cycle.
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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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December 17, 2020
By Anu MalipatilA 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.
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November 30, 2020
By Tom Vander ArkInvention 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.
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November 23, 2020
By Coastal Point StaffLiteracy program looking for new participants
After a successful first group, Read Aloud Delaware is recruiting families to a new virtual LENA Start group.
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November 16, 2020
By Scott Van AartsenNew 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.
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October 7, 2020
By Emily HayesSouthwest 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.
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September 22, 2020
By K.C. ComptonDeploying 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.
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September 16, 2020
By Cape Gazette StaffRead 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.
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September 16, 2020
By Carly RobertsRoberts: 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 ParrRead 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 WarkentinThe 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.
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August 18, 2020
By SCCS Communications TeamSioux 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.
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June 17, 2020
By Mark Swartz5 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 LoveveryThis 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.
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March 19, 2020
By VOQAL StaffEducation Opportunity Project Spotlight: LENA
VOQAL supports LENA Grow to create a more equitable education system.
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March 2, 2020
By Matthew GilletWyndham 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.
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February 26, 2020
By Forever Ready ProductionsVideo: Beyond babble, back-and-forth conversations are critical for baby brains
A video spotlight showcases how early childhood teachers use LENA Grow.
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February 21, 2020
By Michelle MorganteNew “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.
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February 3, 2020
By Kim EckhartNot 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.
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January 26, 2020
By Albany Herald StaffPhoebe 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.
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January 17, 2020
By Deborah BergeronBig 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.