S.K.I.P. Activities

FREE Program for Preschoolers and Their Families

S.K.I.P. (Successful Kids = Involved Parents) to a Great Start is open to all Bendle families with children 0 – 5 years of age (not in kindergarten).  This is a FREE program.  If you’d like your child to get that “extra edge”, enroll them today by calling 591-3607. 

You can participate in some or all of the following:   Play Groups (gymboree style for infants, centers for older children) Parent/Child Activities Group Meetings (on various topics:  discipline, sleep issues, etc.) Home Visits/Parents As Teachers (where a Parent Educator shares a developmentally appropriate activity with you and your child in your home or at Friel) Screenings (developmental, hearing/vision and dental)  Field trips (Children’s Museum, Rollers & Strollers at Rollhaven)

All these services are FREE!  If you’d like to enroll or to learn more about S.K.I.P. please call 591-3607 today! 

SKIP to a Great Start is partially funded by the State of Michigan with federal funds from the United States Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by way of the Michigan Nutrition Network at the Michigan Fitness Foundation.  These institutions are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, political beliefs or disability.  People who need help buying nutritious food for a better diet call the Michigan Food Assistance Program Hotline:  (800) 481-4989.  SKIP to a Great Start is also funded through grants by the Michigan Department of Education (Great Parents-Great Start), Arthur L. Turri Health Fund and the Gary L. DesJardin Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, United Way of Genesee County, and Target in partnership with Genesee Intermediate School District, area health and human service agencies, and Genesee County school districts.

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