2 Jump Start Manuals

• For Families New to GGK
• For Families with GGK Experience

The Jump Start Manuals provide home visitors with foundational conversation guides for introducing the GGK Key Ingredients, building strong relationships with families, and maximizing engagement. The manuals are written for two different audiences, Families NEW to GGK and Families with GGK Experience.

2 Development-Based Manuals

• 3 Years
• 4 Years

The Development-Based Manuals contain conversation guides for families with children who are developmentally in the 3 or 4 year old age range. Each manual is divided into two units, younger and older, to support parents and home visitors to individualize the curriculum to reflect each family’s needs, interests, and goals.

Key Ingredients Ring

The Key Ingredients Ring is a laminated set of our Daily Do’s and Relationship Boosters.

Fidelity Guide

A reference guide for using the GGK Next Generation for Preschoolers curriculum.

Growing Great Families Manual

The GGF manual focuses on strengthening families, stress management, life skills, building protective buffers, and promoting parental resilience.

I’m a Great Kid! Activity Book

The set also includes preschoolers’ very own I’m a Great Kid! Activity Book.

Electronic Access to GGK Next Generation Preschool Supervisor Resources

These resources include a crosswalk between the GGK Next Generation for Preschoolers Curriculum and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, parent handouts, printable I’m a Great Kid! Activity Book, GGK Curriculum Documentation Records, GGK Preschool Fidelity Self-Assessment Checklist Tool, GGK Preschool Fidelity Observation Tool for Supervisors and Coaches, GGK Preschool GPS Planning Tool, GK Core Competencies Self-Assessment Tool Preschool, GK Individual Professional Development Plan, and more!

Learn how to use the manuals with our flexible home visitor training options. You can choose the path that works best for you:

• Self-Study: Automatic enrollment means you can dive into self-paced modules at your convenience.
• Trainer-Led Hybrid Training: Attend live, interactive sessions led by our expert trainers, plus self-study modules.
• Exclusive Group Training: For an additional fee, create a cohort of your agency peers for a more collaborative learning experience.

The self-study certification is an engaging, productive, and fun learning experience via our online learning platform, the Great Kids Academy. Staff are required to be certified in GGK before using the curriculum with families.

The GGK Next Generation for Preschoolers Tier I Self-Study certification is available immediately after purchase. It consists of approximately 34 hours of learning content that is suggested to be completed over one or two weeks.

It is best practice to avoid scheduling unnecessary meetings and blocking time to complete the training. Participants must complete each portion of the self-study to receive a certificate noting they completed 34 hours of learning content.

Our curricula are flexible enough to be used within most program models.

With Great Kids curricula, certification programs, and professional development resources, practitioners will enhance their ability to engage parents. They will have the tools to motivate parents to be their child’s first and most important teacher — all within their own family values, traditions, and culture. 

GGK® is endorsed by Healthy Families America and is identified by Head Start as a promising evidence-based curriculum with clear alignment to the Early Learning Outcomes Framework and the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework.

Great Kids certifications and the Growing Great Kids curriculum include practical strategies for strengthening protective factors and reducing stress.  

Great Kids has incorporated decades of theoretical and empirical foundations regarding the kinds of interventions that have been shown to make a difference for children into the Growing Great Kids Prenatal to 5 Years and Growing Great Families curricula.

Reach out to gktrainer@greatkidsinc.net for direct support on training questions.

You are assigned a Success Consultant with extensive experience with the curriculum at the program implementation and certified trainer-level.

We offer monthly post-training support calls facilitated by certified GK trainers free of charge to anyone who wants to further their knowledge on implementing the curriculum.

The curriculum and certification purchase includes additional year-long access to our Tier II professional development online course that walks participants through a deeper dive into moving through knowledge and skills around home visiting best practice.

To best support you in your role as a supervisor, we provide you with access to the Growing Great Kids Next Generation Tier II for Supervisors course. We encourage you to complete the online content alongside your staff or prior to home visitors completing the course.