Each Thursday, PIC's Diversity Committee hosts Storytime in Clark Park. This past Thursday, PIC Grasshoppers Lead Teacher Brooks Wilson brought his banjo for a musically inspired good time. Thank you to PIC dad Stephen Hunt for sharing these great photos!

This summer, PIC welcomes local high school and college students in the classroom to provide training and meaningful experiences in the field of early education. At the same time, these young volunteers provide hands-on help to our teachers and support the development of our children. Through the...

Want to get more involved at PIC? Come to the next Parent Involvement Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 22 in the Teacher Resource Room (Spruce Building) from 5:45-7:00 pm . Learn more about this working group of families committed to strengthening the PIC community and the family experience at PIC...

PIC wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend!

Last Friday PIC children and teachers spilled out onto the blacktop and into the Magic Circle Playground for a whole lot of messy fun. In celebration on International Mud Day children and staff stomped, squished, rolled, crawled, and played in the mud!

June, My New Favorite Month... but here comes July! While I’ve always loved the change of seasons, this past winter has diminished my love of winter and honestly, I can now just do without it. April and May were quite beautiful to be sure, but it is June that I now deem as my favorite month at PIC...

PIC wants to thank our friends at UC Green and their fabulous UC Green Corps greening maintenance crew who have been caring for our new Magic Circle nature playground. Twice a week these hardworking folks brave the heat to help our plants stay watered and keep them green. They spend several hours...

Great Music! Great Nature Play! On June 21, o ver 165 people came out to PIC for a community concert organized as part of the city-wide Make Music Philly festival . After a few random rain drops fell, we enjoyed a very sunny morning. From 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, there was a live lineup of performers -...

PIC's Diversity Committee has produced this 6-minute video entitled, Diversity Matters, to share how diversity is experienced at PIC. We hope that this will be the first in a series of videos on the topic. Watch Jacob Kerner, Lead Teacher in the Peanut classroom as he discusses how diversity matters...

Children Know Toys Best With world-class universities and medical institutions nearby, the Parent-Infant Center periodically receives requests to help with research studies relevant to child development. Most recently we were contacted by educators and graduate students at the University of...