Great Beginnings: A Research-Based Nutritional Curriculum for Pregnant & Parenting Teens. Combining the latest principles of nutrition education with an interactive learning environment, this comprehensive curriculum is designed to meet the unique needs of its teen audience. Curriculum consists of presentations, discussions, and hands-on-activities. There are five core lessons and five supplemental lessons, which instructors can use to tailor the curriculum to meet the needs of young mothers with whom they are working.

Ten-lesson curriculum has two major components:

Part I Nutrition Issues During Pregnancy,
Lesson 1. Great Beginnings Start with Good Nutrition
Lesson 2. Healthy Choices for You and Your Baby
Lesson 3. It's Good to Gain Weight
Lesson 4. Feeding Your Newborn

Part II: Nutrition and the Young Family,
Lesson 5. Feeding Your Young Child

Materials come in an attractive package that includes individual lesson folders and two high-quality videos:
1-Pregnant and Growing 13 min.
2-Baby It's You" 13 min.

ULE-014ENG English Kit $395 ADD TO CART

ULE-014SPAN Spanish Kit $395 ADD TO CART

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Healthy Foods, Healthy Babies Gives information about nutrition for pregnant women & teenagers. Discusses sensible solutions to challenges faced by pregnant women today. Covers cooking skills, weight gain, nutrition, peer pressure, drugs, alcohol and single parenting.

PDPH-1 12 min. English Video $59 ADD TO CART

PDPH-2 12 min. Spanish Video $59 ADD TO CART

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Good Nutrition During Pregnancy Designed to educate pregnant women about the relationship between good nutrition and a healthy pregnancy. Topics include the importance of weight gain, eating well, and choosing foods rich in key nutrients such as folic acid, calcium and iron. Interviews with four pregnant women from diverse ethnic backgrounds are woven throughout the video's menu of expert dietary advice and tips. Closed Captioned. Teacher's guide. Educational handouts. Grade 9-Adult.

NIMEV-020 10 min. English Video $152.05 ADD TO CART

NIMSV-020 10 min. Spanish Video $152.05 ADD TO CART

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Nutrition After Childbirth: Setting a Standard for Life Helps young mothers understand how to continue good health habits they learned during pregnancy. Achieving and maintaining proper nutrition is presented in easy-to-understand way in an animated sequence introducing the food pyramid. ©1993

ULE-015 12 min. English Video $79 ADD TO CART

ULS-015 12 min. Spanish Video $79 ADD TO CART

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Pre-Natal Nutrition Provides practical information for healthy eating before and during pregnancy, discusses increased nutritional needs such as iron and folacin, coping with common problems such as nausea, constipation and edema. ©1997

NHVE-161 14 min. English Video $89 ADD TO CART

NHVS-161 14 min. Spanish Video $89 ADD TO CART

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