LENA is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform children’s futures through early talk technology and data-driven programs.

Our Community Advisory Board brings together a coalition of leaders and thinkers across the early childhood community to inform key strategic decisions at LENA.

From Head Start classrooms to family child care homes and private child care centers, and from libraries to public health initiatives and research universities, LENA’s programs are creating …

Discover LENA's data-driven research insights on children's language development. Explore 250+ studies from 40+ countries. Learn more now.

Discover LENA Grow's impact on child development and teacher retention. See the data-driven outcomes. Explore now!

Backed by 20+ years of research, LENA Grow focuses on the key marker of quality in early childhood education: teacher-child interactions. Or, what LENA calls “conversational turns.”

At LENA, we turn the science of measuring conversational turns into action. Our programs help child care centers, school districts, and families worldwide boost early language development …

LENA SP delivers a richly detailed picture of a child’s language environment — for researchers, SLPs, and others who need detailed, scientifically reliable speech-language measurements of …

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LENA is built on research — our programs, resources, and advocacy. Explore our research efforts and outcomes here. A searchable database of more than 200 peer-reviewed studies involving …