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LENA in Virginia


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 Virginia, LENA has reached 2.2k children and 400 early childhood educators since 2017, and LENA technology has recorded more than 3.6 million conversational turns.



2.2k
children


400
teachers


3.6 million
CTs




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LENA Grow counts toward the required annual professional development hours for Virginia child care licensing.
 
LENA also has crosswalks with Head Start, CLASS, The Pyramid Model, ZERO TO THREE, and more!
 





 Staff Member
“Investing in our youngest citizens at birth and continuing to do so throughout their school years makes smart economic sense. It is an investment in our future workforce, and the early childhood years form a critical foundation for a child’s future learning and life success.”
Barb Lito
Virginia Beach GrowSmart Coodinator

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