Old Pine Community Center

About Old Pine Community Center

Fun and learning ahead at Old Pine Community Center! Old Pine Community Center is an early care and education provider in Philadelphia that welcomes students and families to a center-based facility. As a center, Old Pine Community Center provides an environment that’s geared towards stability, structure and providing learning resources and opportunities for children to explore the sights and sounds of the world around them. Children will meet and form bonds with peers of like ages and benefit from quality instructions from experienced adults. Old Pine Community Center similarly offers a full-time early education and child care program. The full-time schedule at Old Pine Community Center allows students to have plenty of time to bond, play and interact with fellow students and staff and allows Philadelphia parents the large time blocks to get things done. Children have the advantage of getting used to and settling into a routine at Old Pine Community Center, with the structure that’ll help support their development and prepare them for kindergarten and the years ahead. Old Pine Community Center likewise takes a play-based approach to children's development and learning, facilitating education through interactive, hands-on activities that get children moving. Play-based environments structure their spaces to encourage students to move with independence, passion and explore at their own direction. Staff in these environments encourage and galvanize students to lean into their interests and build their own worlds in cooperation with their peers, and students gain cooperative, social and emotional skills as a result of this community.