Clinton, Kaiser Announce Ed Initiative In Tulsa
Hillary Clinton kicks off ‘Talking is Teaching’ at Tulsa Educare site
By MIKE AVERILL World Staff Writer
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Tulsa on Monday to help launch an initiative to improve children’s readiness for school and discuss with local leaders the success the city has had in early childhood education.
“Talking is Teaching” is a new effort to empower parents and caregivers to boost young children’s brain development and build their vocabularies by increasing the number of words they hear spoken to them every day.
Children will usually know 500 words by the age of 4.
The goal of the initiative is to increase that to 1,100 words by talking to them.
The campaign will use things such as place mats, grocery carts and other visual means to encourage parents and remind them of the importance of talking to their children.