written by Kharma Hicks, Infant/Toddler Coordinator The importance of tummy time Tummy time, as we like to call it, helps strengthen the muscles in the neck, back, arms and shoulders, and promotes large motor skills. Research suggests that babies that spend time on their tummies are more likely to...
Every fall, PIC brings in photographers to take individual portraits and classroom photos for our early learners. This year, PIC Picture Days will take place on Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25. Individual photos are taken in the Spruce Building's Small Gym, where the children will be...
As ArtStart gets closer, we have decided to launch a 7-day photo challenge and hope you will join the fun! This year’s slide show at ArtStart is titled Are You Ready for Your Closeup? Each day you will be asked to snap a special photo of your PIC kid(s). You can post that photo on our facebook page...
Building friendships As we begin the school year with new children joining into the Leapfrog classroom, we wanted to get to know each other. Learning more about each Leapfrog supports relationship development between the teachers, as well as peer to peer. To learn more about each Leapfrog, we went...
Self-help in the Sunshines As a healthy part of normal child development, children have a drive to be independent and do things on their own. In the Sunshines classroom we encourage self-help skills by allowing and encouraging the children to take responsibility whenever possible. Some people may...
Our focus caught on fire! The Fireflies have settled into their newly renovated classroom and teachers have gotten a chance to watch their play and see what types of things they are interested in these days. While we took some time to get to know each other last month, we noticed that the group had...
All ages and stages The Wild Thing classroom is a room mixed with infants and young toddlers. Creating a lesson plan designed to meet everyone’s needs is important. In order to plan activities that are age appropriate for everyone, we use a teaching method called Differentiation Instruction...
With over 100 items up for auction, there is bound to be something just for you, such as: Eagles vs the Falcons from Executive Seats Stay in Stowe, Vermont Top-secret review meal with Craig LaBan "Tax Day" Progressive Dinner Lots of Birthday Party Packages Poconos Long Weekend Dad's Hat Whiskey...
This year we are featuring a few of our stellar silent auction items and accepting pre-event bids. Call in a bid for any of these great items to (215) 266-7750 or email it in before Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 5:00 pm to Development Manager Karen Stachelek at kstachelek@parentinfantcenter.org. She will...
Join me at ArtStart October is such a full month at PIC with many chances for us to come together as a community. Coming up is a center-wide work day, which is a great chance for you to get in some PPP hours while meeting more families. At the end of the month there is the Fall Family Festival, a...
