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LENA in North Carolina


Making every interaction count in early childhood education.

LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform early childhood education.

LENA Grow offers evidence-based professional development for early childhood educators.
LENA Start builds school readiness and strengthens families with parent-group classes.
LENA SP offers reliable, detailed language environment data in research and clinical applications.

In North Carolina, LENA has reached 1k children and 250 early childhood educators since 2019, and LENA technology has recorded more than 1.2 million conversational turns.



1k
children


250
teachers


1.2 million
CTs




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📂 Download the LENA Grow Crosswalk with North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development.

LENA has crosswalks with Head Start, CLASS, The Pyramid Model, ZERO TO THREE, and more!




Let's talk about bringing LENA to your community.

Whether you're with a school district, CCR&R, state agency, library, university-community partnership, public health initiative, or any other organization dedicated to improving early childhood outcomes, we want to help you put your organization on the LENA map.


 Staff Member

Connect with Amy Marciniak,
Director of Growth Operations
AmyMarciniak@LENA.org