Come learn how to give your baby the best start at learning!
For Babies 3 weeks to 3 months old (Knox County residents only)

You must pre-register to attend a session!
If you can not find the information you are looking for please contact:    

Charlene Ellis (865) 523-8695 ext. 1266

About Us

Come learn how to grow your baby's brain and enjoy every minute of it! Each family participating will receive a bag of "brain building tools" including a CD, educational toy, Baby Play book, a video, Building Your Baby's Brain Booklet and much more!

Purpose / Mission

* Provide new parents with brain bags containing tools to enhance interaction and maximize their child's brain development during the critical first year.
* Provide an orientation for new parents to distribute these kits and provide the information parents need to maximize the impact of the materials.

Orientation Shedule

• Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:00 p.m. at Fountain City Library
• Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 p.m. at Lawson McGhee Library(downtown)
• Tuesday, March 28 at 6:00 p.m. at Cedar Bluff Library
• Thursday, April 13 at 6:00 p.m. at Fountain City Library
• Monday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. at West Knoxville Library

For More Information and to Register contact:

Main Contact:	Charlene Ellis, (865) 523-8695 ext. 1266

Links

• United Way of Greater Knoxville
• Knox County Public Library
• Helen Ross McNabb Center
• Knoxville's Promise
• KORRnet.org - East Tennessee's Community Network
• www.zerotothree.org - A national nonprofit sharing information on how children develop in the first three years of life.
• www.fcs.uga.edu/outreach/coopex/bbb/ - University of Georgia Better Brains for Babies.
• Reach Out and Read – A national non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by making books a routine part of pediatric care.
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Civitas:tools for shaping children’s lives.
• www.parentsaction.org – formerly “I Am Your Child” – a nonprofit organization founded by Rob and Michele Reiner, decidated to advancing the interest of families and young children. Parents’ Action develops parent education materials, connects parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high quality and affordable child care.
• www.familiesandwork.org – The Families and Work Institute introduced “Rethinking the brain” and “Early Childhood Brain Development”.