TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The words children hear before age five can shape their entire academic future.
A 2019 study in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics found that low-income children enter kindergarten knowing 1.4 million fewer words. A Tucson nonprofit is working to close that gap.
“Language development is key because that’s a predictor later on for children to be successful as they go into elementary school for reading and writing,” said Gabi Pierson, an early literacy specialist at Make Way for Books…