Talk With Me Baby (TWMB)

TWMB is a collaborative public action campaign funded by United Way that is aimed at coaching family members and caregivers on language nutrition and the primacy of language in the earliest stages of a child?s development. ?Language nutrition? refers to rich language interactions between caregivers and infants and is critical for a child?s social-emotional and vocabulary development. Vocabulary at the age of three is the single strongest predictor of a child?s future literacy and educational success, which has important implications for health and economic outcomes. The TWMB website contains information for families, caregivers and professionals about why and how to talk to babies.