On Monday, March 21, the PIC online store will open for business! Browse the store at picplantsale.org. Make your selection and then send the link to your family, neighbors, friends and co-workers so they can have first pick of this year’s selection, too. Don’t have a garden? This year we have a...
For the fifth year in a row, the Mott Campus Clowns have come to PIC to put on a show. This year, they entertained the children in our After School Center with sing-along songs, classic clown skits and comedy magic-- all with an anti-bully message. But, these are no ordinary clowns! These clowns...
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...
Support the Cindy Fund Cindy Roberts believed in making quality child care available to every family, regardless of income. As executive director of the Parent-Infant Center in West Philadelphia, she championed PIC's longstanding commitment to providing the highest quality child care, honoring a...
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...
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...
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...
We were deeply saddened to learn that former PIC Executive Director Cindy Roberts passed away on Februrary 10, 2016. Cindy believed that all children deserve access to high quality child care. Donations made in Cindy's memory will support children in PIC's pre-K classrooms whose families are unable...
A Call-to-Action for PIC Families At the city, state and national levels, early childhood education is the language everyone is now speaking. For PIC, this presents a time of great opportunity. In addition to the interest in our field, this is a time of significant investment by both private and...
