Are excellent teachers born or made? This question has forever plagued the education field, and even more so when referring to those who teach our youngest children. Many believe that teachers who work with young children simply need to be kind-hearted and love the work that they do. However, those...

Your Family Traditions Growing up in Bethlehem, PA I always loved our Christmas Eve family tradition of driving through town and looking at all the homes decorated for the holiday, many with the town tradition of putting a single white candle in every window. We ended at my grandmother’s house for...

October is another very busy month at PIC and has several opportunities for us to come together as a community. Coming up is a center-wide work day on October 14, which is a great opportunity to get in some PPP hours while meeting families and helping with some important PIC projects. At the end of...

The September Surge As I enter into my 37th year in the field of early childhood education, I am so very aware of the many changes in the field that I would never have foreseen in 1980. Yet, the piece that continues to amaze me after all these years, is the “September Surge” that has remained the...

What a moment to be a part of PIC! Really, what a moment to be a part of PIC! Our Board of Directors is committed to expanding enrollment with the goal of welcoming families of varying socioeconomic levels. Our friends and funders are supporting efforts to give more young children high quality...

report from Executive Director Deb Green Satisfaction continues to climb! 175 PIC parents responded to the 2017 Family Feedback Survey. Here is a brief rundown of the results: The PIC Quality Committee, chaired by Nancy Rimmer and made up of PIC parents and Board members, found that the responses...

What guides classroom changes? I was pleased to see so many positive comments on the last Family Feedback Survey about classroom changes made over the last few years at PIC. It is an area where we have focused our efforts. Some of the changes have been subtle—simple decluttering of spaces. Some have...

Our events keep us vibrant May was tremendous. Our inaugural Day of Play fundraiser ( read about the day's success ) exceeded all expectations. While early rain moved our children’s concert indoors, by the time the music ended the sky had brightened, giving us a fun afternoon on the playground. An...

Recently I saw a three-year-old on our nature playground building with the outdoor blocks. Each block was carefully placed in ways that did not follow the typical “build up” type of block play. The blocks were each balanced with incredible skill and clearly there was more intentionality going on...

A letter from Deb Green I am excited to share the latest progress on our expansion project and to let you know of the next steps. As the afterschoolers have settled into the Stucco Building and the Aviary, our newly-leased building at 43rd and Locust Streets, we turn our attention to the renovations...