This curriculum guide contains monthly work plans and weekly activity units for a Home Start Program. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the home, the family unit, and the education and development of young children by their own parents. Yearly goals include concern for the following: physical and dental health, nutrition, mental health and self concept, safety, general teaching approaches, language development, motor development, cognitive development, parent involvement, knowledge and use of available social services, and staff training. Weekly activity units include a topic, a justification for the topic, specific objectives, and a list of suggested activities. An appendix includes information, directions, or materials for things to make or do, art ideas, recipes, poems, fingerplays, songs, rhymes, stories, and flannel board characters. (SS)