Basic Beginnings: My Family Activity Book (spiral bound) is available to accompany the Basic Beginnings lessons. Each family can follow along and personalize their booklet. Participants use this as handouts in class, a resource and a keepsake after class is completed. Programs can print their own activity books from the jump drive included in the curriculum.
Basic Beginnings originated to serve as a 16-lesson curriculum for parents with developmental disabilities. The curriculum was found to be very adaptable for use with English Language Learners and teen parents, who also benefit from the picture-filled PowerPoint slides with minimal text. The lessons are designed to be hands-on and interactive in the classroom setting with engaging worksheets that are ready to personalize for the family activity books. Learning tasks are designed to help parents connect to the topic as well as to the other parents in class. Demonstrations provide visual and physical cues for working with a baby or young child. Basic Beginnings contains four sections of four lessons each. Sections include; Building a Caring Relationship with Your Baby, Keeping Your Baby Safe and Well, Growing Together with Your Baby, and Caring for Yourself and Your Baby.
