You are your child’s first teacher and best advocate. When you engage in the practices found here and share with others the importance of conversations with children, you help ensure your child receives the language nutrition needed to learn and read.

Your every interaction with infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and young school-aged children helps define their futures. Learn the non-negotiables of explicit literacy and language instruction, and how you can be the architect of each child's reading brain.

When a community rallies to support the success of young children, everyone in that community benefits. You have the opportunity to contribute to a child’s healthy brain development and lifelong well-being by connecting with each child and each family meaningfully and supportively.

When you support children, their families, and their communities, you are helping guide future success. Shape a culture that promotes language and literacy and build ecosystems that join in conversations with each child to keep brain construction on track.

As a nurse, doctor, or healthcare worker, you partner with expectant and new parents to support their child’s lifelong success. When you engage families about the importance of language nutrition and ensure they know how to make the most of their child’s earliest years, you are helping to build a solid foundation for all learning.