Introduction/specifics

The daycare center (Kita) is an educational institution. Children aged 2 to 6 are cared for in three open children's groups. The educational work of the educators is based on the education and upbringing plan for ages 0 to 10. The focus is on the child. The daycare team wants to enable and ensure holistic and real-life learning in everyday situations.

The focus of our work is the child. Observing children in their life situations and addressing the topics that are important to them is particularly important for our work.

Opening times: Monday to Thursday from 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please feel free to contact us at our daycare center for more information...

The head of the daycare center, Nicole Nolte, is available to contact at any time. Tel. 06451/9902.

Rooms

The daycare center Geismar has, among other things, various group rooms for children from the age of two until they start school, a gym, hallway and more.

Outdoor Facilities

Our daycare center in Geismar has a large outdoor area.

The outdoor area features:

• sandbox
• slide
• climbing frame
• u3 area with age-appropriate equipment

There is a soccer field in the immediate vicinity, which we use regularly. Our daycare center is located on the outskirts of Geismar, so we can quickly get to the field or visit an adjacent forest.

Daily Schedule

A typical daily routine, which is always adapted to the needs of the children:

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. drop-off time, free play (hallway)

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast, morning circle (within the group)

9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Free play, offers, circle of chairs

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. pickup time for half-day site

12:00 – 12:30 lunch

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Rest time, quiet play

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. free play

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Pick-up time for extended half-day pitch

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. afternoon snack (provided by the daycare center)

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Free play, offers

4:30 p.m. daycare closes

Food

Breakfast

Independent of the daily breakfast, there is a shared breakfast once a week. The flat rate fee here is €7.70/month.

Lunch catering

It is also possible to take part in the paid lunch menu in our daycare center. Lunch takes place from 12:00 p.m. to around 12:40 p.m. Daily lunch costs a flat rate of €30.00/month.

Basics

For us as educational staff, the settling in of the new children is a special, very sensitive time. The children's different previous experiences, the families' special situations and the personality of each child should be taken into account. In order to make this phase easier for everyone involved, a “parents café” takes place in our facility. Children who do not yet attend our facility get to know the daycare center in a relaxed atmosphere and with the security of their caregiver. In most cases, this makes it easier to get started with everyday kindergarten life.

When it comes to settling in children under the age of three, we use the “Berlin settling-in model”.

An individual adjustment phase is discussed with the parents. The parents accompany their child in the first few days and enable the teachers to make initial contact. The duration of the first visits should not exceed one hour and should be increased slowly and individually. In order to make the children's stay in kindergarten easier, habits and rituals (pacifiers, cuddly toys, etc.) are brought along and maintained. The teacher increasingly becomes the child's caregiver in everyday kindergarten life and the parents withdraw. Once the child has gotten used to the rooms and the teachers, the parents leave their child alone in the facility for a short, agreed period of time.

If the child engages with the teacher (can be comforted), the time periods can be extended. If the child has difficulty separating from the parents (does not calm down), the parents will be informed by telephone and new arrangements will be made.

Rituals are very important in everyday kindergarten life. It is very important to us that continuity is ensured in the initial period so that the child can adjust to new caregivers. The new situation requires time, patience, understanding, mutual trust and support from parents.

The morning circle, breakfast, playing and various discussion/singing/playing groups are certain rituals that structure the child's daily routine and give them security at the beginning of kindergarten.

During the acclimatization phase, it is important to us that the child is seen individually and gets the adjustment period that he or she needs. The length of acclimatization can vary from person to person and cannot be generalized.

Employee

The daycare team consists of educational professionals who work full-time and part-time.

We are regularly supported by interns.

Targeted observations and documentation help us to design rooms, play materials and offers according to the needs and interests of the children.

We as professionals see ourselves as a watering can on the one hand and as the sun on the other, because education and learning can only take place with the sun's rays, such as warmth and acceptance.

Qualification

We respect and value children as independent and equal personalities who have the natural right to have a say and to help shape everything that affects them.

That's why we give the children a variety of opportunities to recognize, express and deal with their interests, wishes and needs, depending on their age. In this way, we support the children in having a say in their everyday lives, understanding everyday connections and actively dealing with their own areas of life.

Through active participation, we enable children to communicate with other children, negotiate conflicts and realize their ideas alone or together with others. It is important to us that children learn to express their own opinions and take initiative and responsibility. We give children a variety of opportunities to express criticism and make suggestions for improvement.

Every child has the right to express and express their feelings, needs, fears and boundaries and will be supported and accommodated sensitively and empathically.

Participation is also practiced within the team. Every team member contributes their professional expertise, their ideas, their needs and constructive criticism to the work and is openly accepted, valued and supported.

Additional Offerings

We want to enable and ensure holistic and real-life learning in everyday situations. That's why we focus on the following areas in our work:

• Movement
• Language and communication
• Playing
• Observation and documentation

Quality Assurance

There are comprehensive preventive measures within the facility:

The entrance door can only be opened from the outside at certain times; during this time the children are not allowed to leave the group unsupervised..

The toilets have privacy screens so that the children are safe and unobserved and we also make sure that their privacy is protected when changing diapers..

The outdoor area is fenced and locked and there are privacy screens and opportunities to retreat in many corners

Photos are only published with parental permission and always without names

The parents keep a pick-up list according to which we only bring the children with permission; unknown pick-ups must be able to identify themselves in advance

The staff can take part in §8a training and be trained. The staff is attentive and alert to any abnormalities and always has an open ear for the children

We make the children strong, learn what boundaries are and that boundaries are important and correct, that they can express and show them, within the daycare center, to strangers and also to people close to them.

Cooperations

We offer the following in cooperation with other institutions:

• To make the transition to school easier, there is a regular exchange between our daycare center, the respective primary school and the parents.
• Visiting the primary school

Teamwork with school

An important task for us educational professionals is to prepare children well for the transition to primary school.

The preschool children are given a wide range of opportunities to prepare for the transition to primary school.

Teamwork with parents

Collaboration with parents and families is an important part of our educational work.

It enables us to get to know and understand the children better. Because no one knows the child as well as their own parents.

In our shared educational mission, we want to achieve the best for the child's development. Through regular communication with families, we are able to get to know the child and their environment better and understand their behavior. This is the only way we can support the children individually and in the best possible way.

Specifics

In order for children to develop healthily and holistically, to develop confidence in their own abilities and to achieve positive self-esteem, sufficient physical and movement experiences are necessary. Movement is the engine and means of learning. It promotes the willingness to learn and the ability to concentrate. Childhood learning is always learning with the whole body and all the senses. In this way, children gain experiences about themselves and their social environment through movement. They recognize their own strengths and test their physical limits.

For us, this means that exercise is an integral part of everyday life in our facility. We give the children the freedom to try out different types of exercise and to be able to do something for themselves.

Movement takes place here, among other things:

In our garden, which offers many opportunities for exercise, e.g.: climbing equipment, slides, swings, trees for climbing

Gymnastics room e.g.: Guided gymnastics lessons, exercise construction sites, ball games, gymnastics on mats, exercises with a swing sheet

Psychomotor skills offers e.g.: perception exercises with everyday objects, cooperation in the group

Forest days for example: climbing and balancing on and in trees and ravines

Dance and rhythm games

Even during free play, you can use our large hallway and the gym with a variety of movement suggestions, e.g.: vehicles, climbing wall, mats and various materials.

News

19.09.2024: 

Tierischer Besuch in der Kita Geismar

There's been a lot going on at the Geismar daycare center recently: occupational therapist Sandra Schulze visited the children in the rainbow group with her mixed-breed dog Lotta - much to the delight of the children and teachers. The contact came about through the family of a child in the daycare center. As a specialist in animal-assisted interventions, Sandra Schulze and her animal team offer animal-assisted therapy and activities under the name “Mit Huf und Pfote” (With hoof and paw).

More information can be found here:

Tierischer Besuch in der Kita Geismar | Stadt Frankenberg (Eder)

14.06.2024:

Fairy tale festival in the Geismar daycare center

This year's summer festival took place in our facility last Friday under the motto "Fairy Tale".

At the beginning the preschool children performed the play “Snow White”. Afterwards, the children played games with their parents. 

The children received a “fairy tale pass” in which they received a stamp in their passport for each play station. The highlight of the festival was a fairy tale quiz, the main prize of which was a book of fairy tales.

12.06.2024:

Parents' council of Kita Geismar organized first aid course for parents

Correctly carried out first aid measures can save lives in an emergency. The parents' council at the Geismar daycare center initiated a “First Aid for Children” course. Around 30 parents took part in the DRK Frankenberg course offerings at the daycare center on two evenings.

More information can be found here:

Elternbeirat der Kita Geismar organisierte Erste-Hilfe-Kurs für Eltern | Stadt Frankenberg (Eder)

01.09.2023:

Kiwanis donation for municipal daycare centers

The Kiwanis Ederbergland service club donated two vehicles to the municipal daycare centers in Geismar and Schreufa. The Geismar daycare center has received a so-called “children’s bus” – a stroller for up to four children. The Schreufa daycare center has decided on a children's handcart.

More information can be found here:

Kiwanis-Spende für städtische Kitas | Stadt Frankenberg (Eder)

Projects

During the kindergarten year we celebrate various festivals. The children, families and the daycare team have the opportunity to get to know each other outside of everyday life.

We celebrate with the children:

• Thanksgiving
• Nicholas
• Carnival
• Easter
• Children's birthdays

We celebrate together with the families:

• Lantern Festival
• Christmas party
• Spring/summer festival
• Sleepover party

Holiday Care

Our daycare center is closed at the following times:

• Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, possibly a few days before or after
• 3 days around Pentecost
• During the Hessian summer holidays
• Company day (1 day)
• The day before/after a holiday

Further closing times will be announced in due course.

Homework Support

The daycare center Geismar does not offer homework support.

Parental Interviews

Of course, we also accept ideas and suggestions from families and decide on their implementation as a team based on pedagogical aspects for the benefit of all children.

Overview

Admission is based on date of birth, regardless of the date the registration was received.

Primarily all children who live in Geismar, as well as children from the core town of Frankenberg, the districts of Friedrichshausen, Dörnholzhausen and Haubern and other districts of Frankenberg.

Children from the age of two are accepted.

Description and Stations

The daycare center is close to the sports field in the Frankenberg district of Geismar.