Talk, Read, Play LIVE
Nurture Adult-Child Relationships to Build Healthy Learning Brains
Learn the most important skills, anchored in talking, reading and playing to help support each child’s healthy brain and emotional growth, develop language skills and lay the foundation for reading.
If you’re an educator, we have a different experience for you.
We recommend getting started with our two part Town Hall live event, then following along with each unit.
Watch a Recording of Our Summer Town Hall Kick-Off Event
If you missed our kick-off event, click below to watch Drs. Renée Boynton-Jarrett and Maryanne Wolf discuss the role of relationships in forming safety, fostering trust and building brains for learning, thinking, questioning and leading.
Science of Building A Child’s Brain & Responsive Interactions
Unit 2
Learn the science of building children’s brains & making the most of relationships with young children.
This week enjoy two blog posts:
- Learning the Science of Building Children’s Brains
- Responsive Interactions & Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Child-Directed Speech, Serve & Return
Unit 3
Use meaningful language to connect with children and build strong oral language skills.
Enjoy these blog posts and join us for a LIVE Facebook event:
- Language Nutrition: Keeping Your Child’s Brain Healthy and Strong
- Using Open-Ended Questions to Engage Your Child in Meaningful Conversation
- Using Language Meaningfully to Build Strong Oral Language Skills
Facebook Live Event Recording:
How Relationships Affect Your Children’s Learning Development During the Pandemic (and Beyond)
This fun, engaging live stream event covers exactly how the relationship you have with your children impacts their ability to learn and grow. Watch child development experts to learn actionable tips for how you can build a strong foundation of learning with your child – with or without schools open this fall
Story Time (Oral & Written)
Unit 4
This week enjoy these blog posts:
- Using Pet-Themed Stories to Connect With Your Child
- Lifting Language: How to Help Grow Your Child’s Vocabulary This Spring
Early Literacy
Unit 5
Learn how to talk with even the youngest learners to build emergent literacy skills.
Enjoy this blog post and join us for a LIVE Facebook event:
Literacy & Justice for All: The Power of Diverse Stories in Pandemic-Proof Early Learning
August 6th, 3pm ET
Learn how to make the most of storytime and develop early literacy skills during this unprecedented twin pandemic of Covid-19 and illiteracy.