Hippy program

Thinking back to when she was the age of the children in HIPPY, Ruth remembers a time when she was attacked by a chicken determined to defend the chicks Ruth was innocently playing with. Originally from Durango, Mexico, Priscilla has been living in Denver since her teen years.

When she was a participant in the HIPPY program, she felt that it helped her spend extra quality time with her children, and helped them learn Spanish, since all their learning in preschool was in English. She is excited to share with HIPPY families what she knows about how to work with kids and see the connections between parents and their children grow and strengthen. Respect, love, and communication are just a few words that she thinks of when she thinks about her own family.

Together, they love to play board games and do puzzles. Click the button below, fill out the information and we will be in touch. You have successfully joined our subscriber list. You may safe-unsubscribe at any time. Skip to content. Help your child prepare for success in Kindergarten. We meet with caregivers and children once per week for one hour.

The program uses trained coordinators and home visitors who go into the home and role-play the activities with the parents, and then continue to support each family throughout their participation in the program. Please contact for eligibility guidelines. Enroll Now. The mother-to-mother community-centred approach allows the campaign to reach even the most isolated families.

It takes an individualized approach to English language learning and provides mothers with the opportunity to converse in English, allowing them to utilize public service systems and learn new skills that otherwise would have been inaccessible.

Participants make informed decisions about their settlement and improve their understanding of life in Canada. Care, Identity, and Inclusion CII is a guided community discussion series that supports parents in dialogue about how and when they share their culture with their children. The discussions explore a series of themes such as: how intergenerational cultural sharing preserves values, fosters high-quality family relationships, and contributes to social inclusion.

We equip mothers facing multiple barriers to become engaged citizens, confident parents, and prepare their children for success in school. HIPPY introduces skills and concepts in a progressive manner, first using the physical body, then concrete objects and finally representation of objects in pictures, followed by opportunities for practice and learning.

Reading together and talking about the storybooks help develop a love of literacy in the family. Wide-ranging, fun-learning HIPPY activities include reading, writing, drawing, singing, rhyming, games, puzzles, cooking, baking and more.