A Love of Learning Begins at Home

HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their three and four your old children for success in school and beyond.

HIPPY helps parents empower themselves as their children's first teacher by giving them the tools, skills, and confidence they need to work with their children at home. The program was designed to bring families, organizations, and communities together and remove any barriers to participation that may include limited financial resources or lack of education.

HIPPY works to ensure that children enter school knowing many things, such as: letters, shapes, colors, and motor skills. Parent educators visit the one weekly and deliver a packet of lessons, books, shapes, and enrichment materials. The parent educator makes sure the parent knows how to teach the various lessons, but the parent does the actual teaching.

The children who have benefitted from being in the HIPPY program have entered kindergarten well prepared for success. They feel confident that they will enjoy school and do well. The grades that the HIPPY students are making show that their confidence is well placed. The former HIPPY students consistently make the honor roll and are leaders in their classrooms. Teachers who receive HIPPY students remark on how much they know and how smart they are!

Last year, ALL the HIPPY children mastered the Kindergarten Readiness Test!

To get enrolled, or to find out more information about HIPPY, call Marisol Torres at 256.820.5911.

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