Posts Tagged: immersion

School Spotlight: Kindness Curriculum at Pine Village Needham

Here at Pine Village, we empower our teachers to create lessons that resonate with them and their particular neighborhood school. We believe in an individualized learning plan that meets the needs of the classroom and each child as they learn and grow. To that end, one of our amazing teachers, Veronica Guzman, in our Needham… Read more »

2022 Summer Camps Are Here!

Even though there is snow on the ground, it’s time to start thinking ahead to the warm weather! Gearing up for Summer 2022, we are happy to announce our summer camp dates! At the Pine Village Summer Camp, we jump into Spanish Immersion on our adventure through Spanish-speaking countries and regions! We offer two four-week… Read more »

We’re Hiring in 2022

Pine Village is always seeking highly skilled, Spanish-speaking educators. Are you passionate about sharing your language and culture with young children? Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of emerging bilinguals? Then come join the team of diverse educators at Pine Village Preschool’s 10 locations. We are currently looking to hire EEC… Read more »

Explore the Neighborhood: Porter Square

We love our local neighborhoods so much that we decided to feature our communities in our blog, like our recent one, featuring the JP neighborhood (Read it here if you haven’t yet!). Our Porter Square school is tucked into the historic Henderson Carriage House Building at 2067 Mass Ave. Close to both Porter and Davis… Read more »

School Highlight: Needham

Another installment of our school highlight, we’re looking at our Needham location which has been around since 2010 and spoke with the Director, Lucy Codoceo. With large, light-filled rooms, this facility also has an open and airy toddler space for our kids to run around and play. Conveniently located on the Newton/Needham border, our Needham… Read more »

Transition Tips for Your Little One: Preparing to Start School in the Fall

Changes are a big deal to little ones, whether they are a toddler heading away from their parents for the first time, a preschooler starting preschool or a Pre-K child switching to a new school. Kids are comfortable in routines and find security with expectations and repetitive schedules. That means, September can be overwhelming for… Read more »

Pine Village Preschool Goes to Mexico!

This past June, Brid Martin, Marina Ituarte, Peggy Kuhs and I, Emma Lavecchia, had the incredible opportunity to travel to Mexico and represent Pine Village Preschool at two amazing events.  The spirit of our visit was centered on the work we do around Social Emotional Learning in early childhood, and sharing the methods we use… Read more »

2019-2020 Saturday Spanish Is Back!

2019-2020 Juntos Conectamos: Together We Connect Three 8-week sessions during the 2019-2020 school year: When: Saturdays, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. o Sept. 21 – Nov. 16, 2019 [no class 10/12] o Jan. 11 – March 14, 2020 [no class 1/18 or 2/15] o March 21 – May 16, 2020 [no class 4/11] Where: Porter Square (2067 Mass. Ave., Cambridge) AND… Read more »

Staff Spotlight: Cynthia Henriquez

We are very proud to introduce Cynthia Henriquez to you. Cynthia was recently promoted to the director position in our South End school after serving families for seven years in our Kendall Square location as a classroom teacher. Cynthia embodies the values of Pine Village every day in her role as Director, and we are… Read more »

New Year’s Resolution: Going GREEN!

We know many of you send in reusable cutlery in your child’s lunch box, and have begun to see sustainable bamboo utensils among these items. Some of you also send your child’s lunch in microwaveable containers or thermoses that stay warm, thus alleviating our need to transfer food to paper plates for warming it up…. Read more »