Our Difference
1+ million
new brain connections are built per second when caregivers talk, read, sing and play with a baby.
90%
new brain connections are built per second when caregivers talk, read, sing and play with a baby.
25%
Children are 25% more likely to graduate from high school when they experience quality early learning.
60%
of all energy a baby expends is concentrated in the brain.
Our Vision:
The Basics Vision is a Waccamaw Region where infants, toddlers, and preschoolers of all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds are on track to achieve their full potential–having benefited from early experiences that foster healthy brain development, learning, joy, and resilience.
Our Strategy:
The Basics is a community-level public health strategy, working within and across organizations to embed The Basics Principles–five evidence based practices for promoting early childhood development–into routine family engagement efforts.
