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Head Start programs in all 50 states use Language is the Key for staff development and parent education. The program teaches strategies that are effective with preschool children who are developmentally “on-target” and with children who have developmental delays. Both teachers and parents learn to use the strategies quickly and easily.
Language is the Key is available in many languages so programs can address the needs of diverse families.
For Early Head Start, the strategies presented in Language is the Key can be used with infants and toddlers. You can never start too early!!!! For Head Start, more complex conversations with adults can be supported and enriched when adults use the CAR strategies.
Three versions of Language is the Key are available free to Head Start programs. The National Head Start Family Literacy Center and Washington Learning Systems have entered into a licensing agreement that provides free, Language is the Key sets to Head Start grantees. One is available to each grantee upon request. For more information please go to http://www.sonoma.edu/cihs/familyliteracy/languagekey.html. The versions available are all in DVD format and include: English, Spanish, and English with subtitles for parents with hearing impairments.
The Mediated Learning Curriculum CD is used in many Head Start and Early Head Start programs because it was specifically designed for including children with disabilities. All activities have three different levels of expectations to address the goals of diverse children.
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