Babies on Track Premieres
Babies on Track Video and Baby Board Books
Best Beginnings has produced Babies on Track, a 14-minute DVD for parents, accompanied by two baby board books:
- Our Alaska Family (photographs of baby faces)
- Let’s Talk Alaska! (Alaska objects).
Using delightful images of Alaska babies on location around the state, the video and books foster early learning and healthy brain development at home in easy, convenient ways. 7,500 sets of the DVD and board books will be distributed free throughout Alaska to families with children under 2 years of age. View a preview (1:30).
Babies on Track DVD & Book Sets are now available for sale. Learn More >>
Premiere Week is Feb. 25 - March 4, 2012 – Attend a Premiere in Your Community
All across Alaska, volunteer hosts are rolling out the red carpet to launch the video and distribute free copies of the video-and-book sets. Hospitals, libraries, child care providers, employer groups – even grandpas – have scheduled premieres and made plans to gather and inform families. Some events are open only to enrolled participants, but most of them are open to the public and all are free of charge.
- Find a premiere in your community – Note: All information was correct at press time, but due to weather or logistical issues, some local presenters may have changed their times or locations. Please check ahead of time to make sure of your premiere's details. See all locations (PDF)
- Learn more about the premieres and find handouts
- Join the Blog! Tell us how you enjoyed the video, the books, the premiere. Photos of you and your babies reading? Appreciation for the hosts and donors who brought this to your community? Suggestions for families on how to get more out of the experience? Yes, let us know! Visit the blog at: www.babiesontrackalaska.org.
Helping our Babies Get On Track
The fundamental principle behind Babies on Track is that the baby brain grows more in its earliest years – before 3 years old – than at any other time in human life. It’s also the time when language is taking shape in their brains.Talking, conversation, singing, and other forms of interaction are critical in this period. The video introduces a simple model families can follow in their own interactions with their babies:
- T = Talk
- R = Respond
- A = Ask questions
- C = Connect
- K = Keep at it
- S = Sing and tell stories
The more parents talk with their babies and children – the more conversation and interaction that occur – the easier it is for the baby to pick up language later. They have larger vocabularies, and they’re ready for kindergarten by age 5.
Thank you to our donors
The Babies on Track books were made possible by grants from the Alaska Children’s Trust, The CIRI Foundation, and ConocoPhillips Alaska. The DVD was supported by contributions from the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Both are productions of Affinityfilms, Inc.
One way to thank some of our most valuable donors is through the Postcard Project. Do you appreciate these materials? Let our legislators know.
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