Word Count Program Helps Expand Early Childhood Language Exposure

Route Fifty: When Ruth Ann Moss worked as a teacher, there were some days she was certain she’d taken more than 10,000 steps. But after consulting a pedometer, she had concrete evidence of the times she’d fallen short of her goal.

The nudge that a step counter provides for fitness and activity goals works equally well when it comes to helping parents count the number of words their children hear each day, said Moss, now the executive director of a child literacy program in Birmingham, Alabama.

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