From the very beginning of Pine Village Preschool’s existence, we have placed a very large emphasis on social and emotional growth and learning–-two of our four core values are Love and Laughter. As part of that, we put many practices into place on a daily basis to help our children understand and manage their emotions… Read more »
Blognoticias
Category: family
Alumni Spotlight: One Student’s journey from a preschooler at Pine Village to coming back as a summer job
We love to stay in touch with all of our students and it’s especially easy when your mom works at the school! This summer, we are lucky enough to have Pine Village alum, Lucy Doyle back at the school working with us this summer along side her Mom, Jen Doyle, Senior Director, Communications and Enrollment…. Read more »
A Week with James
This past week, my sister Jessica took care of James as it is childcare vacation week, but both Kelley and I had to work. She wrote this post about her time with James and graciously agreed to let us use it as a guest blog entry. Thank you, Aunt Jessica! The 25 things I learned… Read more »
The Incident At Cockle Cove Road (And Other Adventures in Discipline)
So there my sister and I were last week, driving down the charming Cape Cod road happily chatting when, from behind us, James piped up, “Here comes the binky!” and a binky landed in my lap. Hold on a second, you say. Isn’t that kid almost three years old? Isn’t that way too late for… Read more »
Come for the Spanish, Stay for the Love
Part of what sets Pine Village apart: co-founders Brid and Emma A few weeks ago, I joined PVP’s Enrollment Director Kendra Bucklin at Back Bay’s Kingsley Montessori Meet the Schools Night. One of the questions that a prospective parent asked me was, What sets Pine Village apart from all the other schools out there? For… Read more »
Books and My (Sweet Baby) James
I am so ridiculously happy to say: this week’s blog is about books. In honor of our Authors’ Month curriculum theme, which, o.k., is now officially over, but since I wrote this on the night of April 30, I’m still within the bounds. As you know, my hope had been to write about books… Read more »
I Believe
This past weekend was, for some of us, Easter Weekend. And, no, this isn’t about to be about religious beliefs or different spiritual traditions – this is about the all-important question of, well, the Easter Bunny. My ten-year-old is a jumble of personalities. He can be so incredibly sweet – making sure to grab that… Read more »
It Takes A Village
Yes, the whole “It Takes A Village” thing is cliche, but this week I am truly living that statement and reminded that cliches exist because, well, they’re often true. It’s hard to go far in the parenting literature without coming across an article about the differences in how U.S. parents raise their (our) children now… Read more »
Greetings!
Hello Pine Village friends! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jen Doyle, and I’ve just begun working with Pine Village in the area of communications, which will include regular postings to the blog. Just to give you a little bit of background, I’m the mom of two Pine Village alums – Lucy, 12,… Read more »
Spanish Tip of the Week: A game to try at home
If you are looking for more opportunities to practice Spanish with your children, repetitive games, songs, and rhymes can be a great way to build vocabulary and increase your child’s comfort level while using Spanish. Try this game at home to practice syntax and color names. Remember, in Spanish we usually put the adjective after… Read more »