written by Development Manager Karen Stachelek On my walk with my dog today I saw the unmistakable first signs of spring - crocuses! While the dog wasn’t too excited, I know it means that the Plant Sale's pre-sale campaign is just a few short weeks away…beginning on March 21st to be exact! Meet your...
Diversity Like No Other As someone who has been in the field of early childhood education for nearly thirty-five years, I have visited many, many early childhood programs via consulting, conferences, and accreditation validation work. What I learned is that child care programs tend to be...
If you are interested in your child attending for our After School Center for Fall 2016, please complete and return the After School Center Application Form as soon as possible. Our classes with younger children in particular fill up quickly, but we give preference to kindergarten bound PIC children...
You've seen them on neighbors' porches and windowsills. KidPots are a PIC tradition that arrive to you just in time for Mother's Day! When you sign up your child for a KidPot, s/he will bring home a hand-painted terracotta pot containing a flower the week before Mother’s Day. They are just $5 each...
For children going to kindergarten in the fall, families have the option of their child remaining in his or her classroom throughout the summer or enrolling their child in our Summer Camp program that runs nine weeks between June 27 and August 26. The Summer Camp program at PIC is a good option for...
We are thrilled to share that Sunshines Lead Teacher Demita Hill has been named a 2016 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s TYLENOL® National Child Care Teacher Award recipient. Each year, child care teachers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and on U.S. Miltary bases around the world apply for...
written by Lead Teacher Demita Hill What is Pre-literacy? I am taking a literacy course at Penn and recently read an interesting article about pre-literacy skills for infants and toddlers. It took me back to my childhood when my mom used to read to me. Parents and caregivers lay the foundation for...
What problem does it solve? The Grasshoppers, a pre-k classroom at PIC, are deep into an investigation of simple machines and inventions, and the question, "What problem does it solves?" has become a recurring theme. They have explored everything from sleds to scales, each time interrogating the...
written by Joann Schock Experimenting with Science The Fireflies have begun exciting new investigations in science. The classroom has The Big Science Book, which has plenty of experiments to explore. The Fireflies really liked the experiment about bridges. As we read about the idea, the kids are...
Taking on a Picky Eater In the Wild Things classroom, children’s eating habits are always a reccurring conversation teachers are having with parents. It seems that we have a lot of picky eaters in our classroom. One day a child will eat all of their lunch, the next day that same child will decide...
