Language Development

Creating a language-rich environment in your early childhood classroom doesn't have to be hard. There are moments already built into your day!

Children within the same classroom can have very different experiences. And for many children, part of their experience is language isolation. 

Even in classrooms full of noise and activity. We call it language isolation. It’s prevalent in early child education and something we all need to address. But what if language isolation — like so many of the biggest challenges facing early childhood educators today — can be improved by focusing on improving the language environment?

For an early childhood education professional, understanding how to create supportive and engaging language environments is so important!  

Honoring MLK Day in early childhood education gives us time to reflect on how his mission plays a part in ours every day.

In early childhood education, we talk a lot about building foundations. Preparing children for school. Closing gaps. But 2025 reminded us of something simpler.

Approximately 1 in 8 children in early education settings spends most of their day in language isolation.

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. 

LENA announced a new statewide partnership with Excel by Eight and the University of Arkansas to strengthen early childhood education across the state.