Back-and-forth social interactions build babies' language skills and strengthen language regions in their brains.

This resource offers sequenced guidance for programs to use as they implement the recommendations in Classroom Language Models: A Leader's Implementation Manual.

Explore key pieces of information about a Planned Language Approach, including its purpose, benefits, and where to start.

Use this resource to check whether materials for children and families are culturally and linguistically appropriate.

When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.

Explore this brief to learn how home visitors can support children who are learning more than one language. Find out how a solid foundation in a child’s home language is key to later language success.

Caregivers and teachers, even when they do not know the home language of children, can use a number of effective strategies throughout the day to support the children’s English language development.