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...
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...
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...
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...
Staff Specialists Build Bridges One of the ways the PIC's After School Center (ASC) attracts high-quality, highly-motivated, talented teachers is by sharing a precious handful of them with the Early Learning program. This January, ASC welcomes Rachel Kolber, a veteran early-learning teacher formerly...
PIC applauds Wild Things Assistant Teacher Kristy Carter, who is one of many PIC teachers who has gone back to school. Kristy is studying for a Master’s degree in Special Education with a concentration in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her program is online through St. Joseph’s University. Taking online...
In Pursuit of Great Spaces Over our recent winter break, we had a chance to do some behind-the-scenes projects. Floors were waxed, carpets were cleaned, and supply closets were re-organized. Most significantly, we renovated the Peanuts classroom (in the Spruce Building). We replaced very-aged tile...
