“Bathing” the Most Vulnerable Children in Language: Closing the Word Gap

This session will provide practitioners working with children 0-3 information about the importance of and strategies for “bathing” young children in language. Research shows that by age 3 children who live in poverty are likely to have heard 30 million fewer words than their wealthiest peers. For ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trivette, Carol M.
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2015
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4446
https://inclusioninstitute.fpg.unc.edu/sessions/“bathing”-most-vulnerable-children-language-closing-gap