photo taken by PIC parent Bryan Lathrop Schedule a night out in October with friends! At this annual fundraising event, PIC families, staff, and alumni mix and mingle while viewing children's art, enjoying a dinner buffet, and competitive silent auction bidding. How will ArtStart be successful? With...
Happy New Year...in July! While the calendar year begins in January and the school year begins in September, the new year for most non-profit organizations (including PIC) begins each July. When I reflect on all that happens at PIC over the course of one year, I have to smile. This past year has...
Looking Back, Looking Forward Now that the summer is upon us, the Dragontails are looking back on what we have done and learned in this highly formative year. As the excitement of the long-awaited vacation and anticipation for the new experience of becoming first graders sets in for the children in...
Stuttering in the Toddler Years The toddlers years are a time of language explosion! As part of this growth, each year in the Sunshine room, we usually have at least three or four children who begin stuttering. One day their language is stutter-free and the next day the stuttering starts. I always...
What a Beautiful World Nature is vital to children’s development. In some way or another, it can help support all of the developmental domains. Living in the city, our exposure to the natural environment is often times limited due to the lack of space and access to natural, organic materials. Here...
Learning in the Garden The Fireflies have been working diligently in the garden this month.We started by digging in the garden and enjoyed exploring all of the living creatures that come with turning the soil over. Everyday was a new adventure. As part of our garden investigation, we discussed our...
Last fall we converted a copy room into a Recycleteria complete with bins and bins of natural and man-made items. Classrooms “shop” for shells, rocks, ribbon, bottle caps, paint chip samples or an array of recyclable items. Then the children create marvelous art, using items for counting or sorting...
The fairy tale spark came from teacher Jerri. Jerri loves to share a variety fairy tales with the children during morning meeting, transition times or even afternoon relaxation time. The favorite ones are when the characters in the story include some of our Leapfrogs! We stocked our reading corner...
The Doodlebugs are delighted spring has arrived! Doodlebugs are spending more time exploring the neighborhood looking for tactile and visual signs of spring. On a recent walk we discovered flowers blooming on trees and decided to take a closer look. Some of the toddlers walked up to a tree and...
Recently, the Starfish investigated patterns. We defined patterns as “Something that happens over and over again.” We looked at three different types: visual or patterns that you can see, aural or patterns that you can hear and behavioral or patterns that you make with (by moving) your body. Then we...
