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Before They Say “I Can”: How Early Conversation Shapes Confidence in Early Childhood
Sometimes, confidence in young children doesn’t always show up in big moments. Sometimes it shows up in small choices throughout their day.
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Blog Posts
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Every Coo Counts: How Responsive Care for Infants and Toddlers Can Support Conversational Turns 
Are you an infant or toddler teacher? Responsive care is likely very important to you. And this is a very important part of that.  
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Research Reports
A brochure titled “The TS GOLD® Evidence: How LENA Grow Impacts Child Development” shows a woman and a young girl playing with toys, a findings summary, and a chart illustrating language growth progress.
The TS GOLD® Evidence: How LENA Grow Impacts Child Development
In a study of children aged 0-5 at five early learning sites across the U.S., children in LENA Grow classrooms experienced significantly larger gains in TS GOLD language scores compared to a control group. 
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Tip Sheets
A mother and child smile at each other next to text about building a child’s confidence through five tips: get down on their level, praise effort, offer choices, support challenges, and celebrate small wins.
Build Confidence Through Interactions
Help young children feel valued, confident, and ready to learn!
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Research Reports
A research report titled "LENA Grow and Self-Esteem in Young Children" with a purple header, summary text, a photo of a child and adult, tables, and graphs about conversational turns and self-esteem.
LENA Grow and Self-Esteem in Young Children
In this report, we examine the role conversational turns may play in a child’s early development of self-esteem.
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Tip Sheets
An infographic titled "Talking About Emotions" explains how infants, toddlers, and preschoolers experience and manage feelings, with age-specific tips. A download link and LENA branding appear at the bottom.
Talking About Emotions
Language and interactions are key to noticing, expressing, and managing feelings and emotions.
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White Papers
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LENA Grow and Language/Social Skills
How does LENA Grow, a professional development program for early educators, help improve children’s language and social skills?
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Webinars
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Understanding Challenging Behavior in Early Childhood Education
In this webinar we will discuss how a focused approach on educator-child interactions can enhance relationships and support healthy social behaviors.
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Webinars
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Growing Confident Learners
If a child’s sense of self affects academic and lifelong outcomes, how can we set them up for success in their earliest years?
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Free Webinar: Interaction Data as Quality Systems Evolve

Every state’s quality system is designed to answer an important question: is a program providing high-quality care and learning experiences for children?

Yet quality is a moving target — in how it’s defined, how it’s measured, how it’s communicated, what it means for children in the classroom. As states evolve their approaches – some using rating systems and others emphasizing continuous quality improvement – understanding the indicators that matter most has never been more important.

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October 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET