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NDSU Extension Service

Sean Brotherson Ph.D.
Family Science Specialist
EML 277
PO Box 5057
Fargo, ND 58105
Phone: 701-231-6143
Fax: 701-231-9645

Human Development & Family Science

 



Bright Beginnings is a new parent education curriculum focused on parenting young children from the prenatal period through eight years of age. Encouraged by research on the importance of young children's development, this curriculum focuses on key aspects of a child's growth and development.

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The significance of a child's early years are explored through lesson modules on brain development, parent-child attachment, prenatal health, social development, children and play, quality child care, reading, drug and alcohol prevention, and other topics.

 •  Parents and other adults provide the stable foundation that is necessary as a child reaches for his or her full potential.

 •  A child's beginning represents the foundation upon which a happy life is established.

 •  It is in a child's early years that the foundation for life's journey begins.


10 Lesson Modules

1. Prenatal Parenting: From Beginning to Birth

2. Brain Development in Infancy and Early Childhood

3. Attachment in Infancy and Early Childhood

4. From Muscles to Motor Skills: Understanding and Enhancing Young Children's Physical Development

5. Young Children and Emotional Intelligence

6. Assisting Your Child's Social Development

7. Selecting a Quality Child Care Setting

8. The Magic of Reading with Young Children

9. Play's the Thing! Young Children and the Importance of Play

10. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention for Young Children

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