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...
Need PPP? At the end of each season, the lost and found items can be taken home, laundered and donated to a thrift store like The Second Mile. There are Lost and Found Bins in the entrance to the Sweet Building, and at the entrance to the Infant Hallway in the Spruce Building. Just submit a slip to...
The Horticultural Society visited the Starlights and Hawks classrooms one morning last week to judge the entries for next year's Junior Flower Show. The Starlights made hanging mobiles with items from our Recycleteria, using hangers, string, ribbon, and an array of objects from toy wheels to...
ATTENTION AFTER SCHOOL FAMILIES: Now is the time to re-register for the After School Center for September 2015. Re-registration is NOT automatic. The ASC will open on Tuesday, September 8, the first day of school. Be sure your child has a place in After School – we give preference to current...
Several PIC folks spent a recent lovely evening at the Please Touch Museum to be part of the Terri Lynne Lokoff Foundation’s annual National Teacher Awards ceremony. Grasshopper Room teacher Nichole McLeer was among fifty teachers from across the country whose application was chosen from the...
As we just completed our every-five-year NAEYC reaccreditation validation visit, it seems like an appropriate time to share a bit of information about the organizations that provide oversight of PIC and how that oversight affects our daily work at PIC. All child care programs in the state need to be...
We are in the process of looking at the results of our annual PIC Early Learning Family Feedback Survey that had a completion deadline last week. A separate survey is being sent to families in the After School Center and we will look at those results when that survey is completed. We are happy to...
Our plant sale days were beautiful and brought out families, community members and alumni to St. Andrews Chapel. This year’s Plant Sale raised $32,000! All of the proceeds of the fundraiser go to the tuition assistance fund. The fund has been helping more families have access to quality early...
