Preschoolers

What IS a Roadrunner? PIC's first Fall Festival flowed like a warm autumn breeze. The various activity stations set up invited engaging interactions as our community witnessed a collection of creativity in various areas of emergent curriculum. Each classroom designed t-shirts with a collective theme...
Classroom Changes Can Be Scary For most of us change brings with it some discomfort, but when it happens in your child's classroom, it may feel all-out scary! With two new lead teachers joining the early learning program next week, I wanted to take a moment to talk about staff changes and how...
Fall Discovery As the days began to get cooler, the Leapfrogs began to talk about how the leaves were changing colors. Some began to gather leaves that had fallen to the ground, while others collected acorns in small sandwich bags. As teachers, we figured it was a good time to investigate more about...
Learning to Be Safe, Kind, Careful, Healthy, and Respectful In the Peanut classroom, our daily routine gives children time for lots of free-play, while also providing structured experiences and food/rest for growing bodies and minds. The interactions that happen each day in the classroom let the...
A Paper Project The Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood learning is based on a variety of learning principles. One such element is incorporating emergent curriculum into the classroom by making a place where children create their own experiences, rather than merely receive only guided learning...
It all started with the leaves The Starfish recently found several leaves on a tree at Penn Alexander's playground. Upon closer observation, they noticed how these leaves were the same. They all had bulbous growths on their undersides that opened up to holes on the tops of the leaves. This began a...
written by Rachel Isaacson Have you seen the sunflowers? Today, on my way into work, I noticed two very tall stalks with a burst of bright yellow on top! When I got to my desk, I called the Peanuts classroom to see if they saw what had happened to the seeds they had planted earlier in the summer...
Roadrunners Care about the Planet Caring for our planet is important in the Roadrunner classroom. We follow the PA Learning Standards on environment and ecology and talk about the impact each of us has on our environment. There are so many ways that this environmental awareness can be supported at...
written by Lead Teacher Jacob Kerner Planting seeds of community and learning A Peanut sunflower study As long as I’ve been working with young children, I have found that play surrounding plants has held incredible appeal and potential for learning. The speed at which plants grow from seed to sprout...
Eating Right from the Start written by Lead Teacher Joann Schock In all the years that I have been teaching and with all the kids that have come through my classroom, I can tell you that everyone is interested in what is good for their bodies. The idea that food can help you to be healthy and strong...

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