“We know that truly parents and grandparents are a child’s first teachers and that talking is teaching and that’s what this campaign is all about.”

Clinton and billionaire philanthropist George Kaiser spent time with a group of children at the Educare No. 2 site, reading and singing along to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

Clinton later thanked Kaiser and the George Kaiser Family Foundation for their commitment to early childhood education and for creating a model for the rest of the country.

“He knows it is never too early to invest in the next generation,” Clinton said.

“You can’t ever give up on any child, and the earlier you start the less likely it will be that you are even facing that difficult situation.”

She also praised Tulsa’s Educare centers and CAP Tulsa’s early childhood education programs.

“They demonstrate ... that their vocabulary is improving because of their access to early childhood education,” Clinton said. “We want to go beyond because not every child can be in an Educare and not every child can be in a high-quality preschool program. We have to use many more outlets.”