Early Childhood Initiatives

Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) at UMBC is a chapter of HIPPY US – a nationwide program dedicated to supporting caregivers of young children. HIPPY believes that a love of learning begins at home, and that a parent is a child’s first and most important teacher.

The goal of the Diverse Books Project is to supplement classroom libraries in our partner schools with high quality picture books that represent the experiences of the students in those classes as well as expose the students to cultures, experiences, and stories different than their own.