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HIPPY tutors Serina Tapau, Tarlissa Watcho, co-ordinator Robyn Hofmeyr and Rasheeda Cobbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 14, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg’s successful HIPPY program for families has been opened up to include Indigenous and non-Indigenous families living in Murgon … but the slots are filling quickly.<\/p>\n

HIPPY stands for “Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters”, and is supported in Australia by the Brotherhood of St Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Cherbourg co-ordinator Robyn Hofmeyr said the two-year program works with families – usually mothers, aunts or nans – rather than the children.<\/p>\n

(Male relatives are also welcome, of course!)<\/p>\n

Families join when a child is aged three, turning four.<\/p>\n

Robyn said the cut-off for the 2018 program would be 25 families, and they already have 16 so interested parents would have to act quickly.<\/p>\n

HIPPY programs have been operating in Australia since 1998 and are based at about 100 sites across the country.<\/p>\n

Robyn said this was the third year the free program had been running at Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

HIPPY helps to prepare youngsters for school as well as allow families to understand more about how their child learns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family becomes the child’s “first teacher”.<\/p>\n

A family member spends a short time every day doing specially developed educational activities with their children.<\/p>\n

This helps to build positive relationships at home as well as allow the children to learn skills at their own pace.<\/p>\n

Robyn said two or three parents from a cohort were selected to become HIPPY tutors.<\/p>\n

“We train them and then they go and practise the activities on their children. They then visit the other families in the program and share the skills,” Robyn said.<\/p>\n

There is a HIPPY curriculum which the tutors follow, and every parent enrolled in the program also gets a workbook.<\/p>\n

Serina Tapau is one of the tutors who will be working with parents this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said she had noticed the difference between her two children, one who was enrolled in the HIPPY program and the other who went to school before the program started.<\/p>\n

“It took my little girl half a year to get into the swing of Prep while my little boy is all ready,” she said.<\/p>\n

The fun activities teach the children fine motor skills as well as learning about concepts such as colours and shapes.<\/p>\n

There are also special reading books that the families work through together.<\/p>\n

At the end of the course, a book is put together for the family’s “graduation”.<\/p>\n

Robyn said the training sessions for the tutors are held once a week, and they take it in turns to “role play” as the parents and children.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over praise is avoided as is criticism. Parents are shown to “complete, confirm and correct” as their children do an activity.<\/p>\n

“I purposely get things wrong so I see how they will correct me,” Serina said.<\/p>\n

Robyn said HIPPY wanted to encourage a love for learning.<\/p>\n

“It’s got to be fun from the get go,” Serina agreed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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