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Talk builds babies’ brains!

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Talk builds babies’ brains!

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Sample Room Summary ReportThe Room Summary Report is a bird’s-eye view of the patterns of talk in the room on the most recent LENA Day. It is from this report that teachers have the opportunity to earn stars!

3. This LENA Day - Hourly Breakout graph shows an hourly breakout of conversational turns per hour on the most recent LENA Day.

4. The Room-Level Interactive Talk Clock is a snapshot of all talk in the classroom from 8 am to 5 pm. A wedge is filled in for every Interactive Hour (any hour where children are experiencing an average of five or more turns per hour). The wedges turn green when at least five hours are interactive. This is an Interactive Day!

• A trophy appears on the hour with the highest number of turns.• A star will appear in the middle of the clock for an Interactive Day.

5. The Child-Level Interactive Talk Clocks show each child’s experience on the current LENA Day. They are arranged left to right according to level of interaction (turns per hour, lowest to highest).

• The number in the middle of each clock is the average for each child. • If a child’s name is listed but the center of their clock says “NA,” this means the child did not

participate in the current LENA Day. • Underneath the clocks, there is a summary of the child’s Interactive Days.

1. Total stars: Teachers can earn up to two stars per report. This number reflects the total stars earned up through the most recent LENA Day.

2. The Conversational Turns per Hour graph compares the average of the previous three LENA Days (left bar) to the most recent LENA Day (right bar). A star will appear on this graph if:

• This LENA Day is at or above 25 turns per hour.

or• This LENA Day is higher

than the “Previous Average” bar.

3 earned from Turns - 7 earned from Interactive LENA Days

10 total stars earned since LENA Day 1

Conversational Turns per Hour This LENA Day - Hourly Breakout

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You earned a starbecause this LENA Dayis 25 or more!

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8am was your best hour for this day with 71 turns.

Yvette32 months

18per hour

5 days of 7

Bob23 months

32per hour

5 days of 7

Fulton29 months

33per hour

5 days of 6

Erin23 months

38per hour

7 days of 7

Abner25 months

NA

2 days of 5

Day #7 - 6/5/2018Room Summary Toddler Room 1 - Spring - 5 Children

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Sample Room Detail ReportThe Room Detail Report will help shift the discussion to a more detailed review of hourly counts and other LENA measures. Daily summaries are on the left with the most recent day shaded darker. The hourly breakouts for that day are shown on the right.

1. LENA Day Adult Words shows adult word count estimates. LENA technology does not recognize specific words. It estimates word counts based on syllable counts and sound distributions.

3. LENA Day Conversational Turns shows the average number of conversational turns per hour on each LENA Day. Stars on this graph represent the stars earned on the Conversational Turns per Hour chart on the Room Summary Report for that day.*

4. LENA Day Audio Environment/Clear Speech graph estimates the amount of clear speech children in the room were exposed to. Clear speech is any adult or child vocal output not dominated by noise, overlapping speech, or electronic media. This amount is usually lower than 20 percent in child care settings. When this amount is lower than 10 or 15 percent, there could be excessive noise levels that can make it more difficult for children to hear, attend to, and absorb language.

5. The Hourly Breakout graphs in the right-hand column show words, turns, and audio environment details from the most recent LENA Day, hour by hour.

*Child cries are not included in conversational turns or clear speech.

2. The lines and bands on the graphs provide a comparison to LENA’s database of Grow classrooms.• The dark lines

represent the average adult words or conversational turns in the home.

• The lighter bands show the averages from children in LENA Grow classrooms.

The lines and bands on the conversational turns graph are adjusted based on the average age of the children in the classroom.

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6/5/18Room Detail Toddler Room 1 - Spring - 5 Children

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Sample Progress ReportThe Progress Report looks at change over time. It compares average turns for each child’s first two and most recent two LENA Days. The data includes all children who have at least four LENA Days.

There are three turns levels shown on the Room Progress Report:

1. AdvAnced – Children who experienced 25 or more turns per hour, on average.

2. Accomplished – Children who experienced 15 or more turns per hour, on average.

3. Above minimum – Children who experienced five or more turns per hour, on average

Each level shows two bars:

4. Beginning: The top bar shows the number of children who satisfied each level’s criteria at their initial recordings (average of their first two LENA Days).

5. Last 2 LENA Days: The lower bar shows the average of each child’s most recent two LENA Days. The goal is for the lower bar to be longer than the upper, which shows improvement.

6. Goals: The triangle shows the goal for each level. The goal is to get at least 30 percent to AdvAnced, at least 60 percent to Accomplished, and at least 90 percent of children to Above minimum.

From Apr 24, 2018 - Jun 5, 2018 (6 Weeks)Progress | Toddler Room 1 - Spring

Children in each room who had at least five LENA Days and met attendance criteria for the time period indicated.

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Guidance for Substitutes

The class you are teaching in today is participating in a professional development program called LENA Grow. This program focuses on easy techniques for increasing quality talk and interactions with infants and toddlers. Research has shown that early language experience is linked to brain development andother long-term outcomes.

Children are wearing vests that have a small LENA device inside that captures the talk and interaction each child experiences throughout the day. The captured data will then be automatically processed and turned into simple reports. There is no way for anyone to listen to what was said; the processing estimates the number of words spoken based on syllable counts.

This room will receive a LENA Day report showing the amount of talk and interaction children experienced throughout the day. The report counts back-and-forth interactions between adults and the children wearing the LENA vests.

Please don’t be shy about talking with the children in the room! Take a look at the Conversation Starters poster on the wall to learn about what teachers are focusing on this week and review the Talking Tips poster for a list of simple techniques for having quality interactions with the children in your care.

You do not need to remove the LENA device during nap times and it does not need to be turned off, it will shut off by itself. If you have any questions about LENA Grow please ask another teacher who is participating in the program or talk with the center director.

3 earned from Turns - 7 earned from Interactive LENA Days10 total stars earned since LENA Day 1

Conversational Turns per Hour

This LENA Day - Hourly Breakout

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because this LENA Day

is 25 or more! 0

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Room-Level Interactive Clock

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8am was your best hour

for this day with 71 turns.

Yvette32 months

18per hour

5 days of 7

Bob23 months

32per hour

5 days of 7

Fulton29 months

33per hour

5 days of 6

Erin23 months

38per hour

7 days of 7

Abner25 months

NA

2 days of 5

Day #7 - 6/5/2018

Room Summary Toddler Room 1 - Spring - 5 Children

1. Talk about what you’re doing and thinking.

2. Comment on what they’re doing or looking at.

3. Name things that they’re interested in.

4. Get down to their level: face to face.

5. Touch, hug, hold.6. Tune in and respond to what they look at, do, and say.

7. Wait for their response.8. Imitate them, and add words.

9. Make faces, use gestures.10. Take turns – don’t do all the talking.

11. Repeat and add to what they say and do.

12. Follow their lead, do what interests them.

13. Encourage them, be positive.14. Be silly! Relax and have fun!

TALK BUILDSBABIES’ BRAINS!14 TALKING TIPSUse these tips to increase words & turns when talking,

reading, or singing with your child.

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Building brains through early talk

Putting the

“Shared”-in-

Shared Reading

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Young children often want

to read the same book

many times. Let them!

With preschoolers, change part of a familiar story and wait for them to catch your mistake.

When the child points,

name the picture.

Challenge: describe it, too!

You don’t have to read

every word, or read the

book cover-to-cover.

#14: Be silly! Relax and have fun!

If the child doesn’t want to share a book right now, try again later in the day.

#12: Follow their lead,

Point out objects, animals, and actions that are meaningful to the child. “That boy is �shing. When we go outside, let’s play a game and pretend we’re �shing.”

#3: Name things that

they’re interested in.

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Use silly voices for

some characters.

Add sound e�ects.

Try LENA’s Conversation Starters™

for Shared Reading

do what interests them.

Ask questions about the pictures such as, “Where does

this take place?” or “Who is in the picture?” Answer for the baby if

he/she cannot do it alone.

Build to open-ended

questions such as: “What do

you think will happen next?”

#2: Comment on what they’re

doing or looking at.

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Special circumstances/events

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Children who were late or went home early

Date of LENA Day: ______________________

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Special circumstances/events

Teachers present and staff changes

Children who were late or went home early

Date of LENA Day: ______________________

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Afternoon:

Special circumstances/events

Teachers present and staff changes

Children who were late or went home early

Date of LENA Day: ______________________

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©2018 LENA Grow

Room: ___________________________________

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Afternoon:

Special circumstances/events

Teachers present and staff changes

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Date of LENA Day: ______________________

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