LENA Grow

What does quality in an early childhood education classroom really look like? What does it feel like? It starts with love.

For parents of babies and toddlers, supporting early brain development does not have to mean adding another complicated task to an already crowded day.

The Lena Grow program, which collects data on preschooler talk and trains teachers to increase conversations, has been linked to higher reading scores.

Do the increased conversational turn rates endure after the LENA Grow program has ended?

Can results seen in Independence County be replicated at scale?

Children need teachers to stay. So what can we do from a teacher's very first day to help them stay and thrive? Find out!

Sometimes, confidence in young children doesn’t always show up in big moments. Sometimes it shows up in small choices throughout their day.

Hundreds of preschools in Florida have adopted the LENA Grow program, developed by a nonprofit in Colorado with the mission to “transform children’s lives through early talk.”