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...

This summer, a family at PIC wants to help the Spruce Hill Bird Sanctuary, a wonderful community resource that is open to the public and has been visited by children from PIC. Hannah Bush, now in PIC's After School program visited the Bird Sanctuary when she was a Grasshopper. While there she and...

Pictured with PIC's Amanda Schroeder (third from left) are Mastery Charter's internship coordinator Kerry Sorenson and students Tanesha Johnson and Amy Parker. We believe that all children deserve the same high quality learning experiences PIC teachers provide in their classrooms. One way we believe...

Written by Rainbows Assistant Teacher Denise Brice Greetings, just look how lovely my veggies are coming along. Yummy! I'll be making a fresh salad right from my deck before I know it. I'm happy to say I'm enjoy a few new berries each week and sharing them with my grandchildren. Can you tell that I...

Last week, despite weather than felt more like March than May, 10 families turned out for PIC's summer series Storytime in Clark Park. Amy Hillier Fraatz read four books including The Color of Us, Mole and Baby Bird, and It's a Tiger. The group seemed a little rusty with their Hokey Pokey, but with...

Make Music Philly is coming to PIC as part of the larger Make Music Philly city-wide festival! The live summer solstice event will be held Saturday, June 21 on the PIC blacktop. People are encouraged to enter at the PIC driveway on the corner of 42nd and Locust Streets. From 10:00 am to 12:30 pm...