Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a FREE parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare kids for Kindergarten. HIPPY works to ensure that children enter school knowing many things such as: letters, shapes, colors, and motor skills. Parent educators visit the home 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.