Support our show by becoming a premium member! To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with heron Twitter at You can reach the host on Twitter at more about your ad choices. You can find more information about her work with the Thirty Million Words Initiative on its website. Suskind joins New Books in Education for the interview. Dana Suskind outlines research on the critical language period and connects it to an early-childhood curriculum and a series of public policy solutions. But how might the way we use language with children years before they enter school affect their academic potential? Does it have the ability to improve more than their vocabulary? Can it foster creativity, empathy, and perserverence? In Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain (Dutton, 2015), Dr.

Whatever our opinions are, they are founded on the perceived immediate impact on students in school. Your family-and our nation-need to know.We may disagree about whether phonics or whole language is the better approach to reading instruction or whether bilingual education or English immersion is the better way to support English language learners.

This is the first book to reveal how and why the first step in nurturing successful lives is talking to children in ways that build their brains. Suskind and her colleagues around the country have worked with thousands of families now their insights and successful, measured approaches are available to all. Discover how to create the best 'language environments' for children by following the simple structure of the Three Ts: Tune In Talk More Take Turns. This landmark account of a new scientific perspective describes what works and what doesn't (baby talk is fine relentless correction isn't). It is crucial to making the most in life of the luck you have with your genes. Indeed, parent–child talk is a fundamental, critical factor in building grit, self-control, leadership skills, and generosity. Parent talk can drastically improve school readiness and lifelong learning in everything from math to art. The way you talk with your growing child literally builds his or her brain. It is a secret hiding in plain sight: the most important thing we can do for our children is to have conversations with them. What nurtures the brain to optimum intelligence and stability? The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important-and astoundingly simple-thing you can do for your child’s future success in life is to to talk to them.

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