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Coaching parents on toddler talk to address low-income word gap

Author: PBS NewsHour

Narrator: PBS NewsHour

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2019


Synopsis

By age four, toddlers in low-income families hear 30 million fewer words than those in high-income families, according to researchers. As a result, these children tend to have smaller vocabularies and fall behind in reading. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports on one program in Providence, Rhode Island, that gets low-income parents talking more to their toddlers.

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