Introduction/specifics

Embedded in the social area Fulda West, antonius : gemeinsam Mensch has been pursuing the goal of creating inclusive living spaces since 1904. Since then, it has developed into a large, wide-ranging and non-profit social enterprise. The human being with his individual abilities is in the center of attention.
The ambinius daycare center is located in the ambinius Haus and is part of the antonius network.
The daycare center is a family-relieving, family-supplementing and inclusive facility. It offers children from the age of two play and development spaces in six mixed-age groups.
We offer changing AGs such as the Researcher AG and our ambinius choir.

One of the six groups - the Gartenkinder - is run as an outdoor group on the antonius campus in line with the concept of a nature and forest kindergarten.

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Rooms

Our ambinius daycare center is located on the first floor of the ambinius house, which was rebuilt in 2017 and is barrier-free, with spacious outdoor grounds. Our premises offer a harmonious, stimulating and individual environment.
Our rooms are friendly, bright and inviting and provide a spatial proximity of young and old. The first floor of the ambinius Haus houses the day care center and the upper floor houses the senior day care center as well as a meeting room. The ambinius house also has a spacious outdoor area and a roof terrace for the seniors.

The five group rooms are furnished in a child-friendly manner and offer the children various possibilities for occupation at the table, on the floor or in thematic corners such as the building corner, the doll corner, the sofa, the cuddle corner or the children's kitchen. As a stimulus for activities, the children have access to a wide range of pedagogical play and craft materials and special support materials. We also attach great importance to the use of musical instruments, books, construction and design materials. The group rooms are assigned to corresponding sanitary rooms, which are equipped to meet the needs of both handicapped and small children. Each group has its own checkroom in the hallway. Here, each child has its own closed locker for a change of clothes, slippers and other private items.

The rooms are complemented by a large exercise room, a Snoezelen room (sensory/perceptual room), an individual activity room and small group room, a play hallway, as well as an office, a meeting and staff room and a kitchen.

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Outdoor Facilities

The spacious outdoor area offers the children a variety of sensory stimulation and opportunities for play and retreat. The children can experiment with natural materials, they can muddy, play with water and sand, climb hills, play soccer and much more.

The outdoor group Gartenkinder
The sixth group of the ambinius Kita are the Gartenkinder. As a nature kindergarten, they find their living and experiential play spaces predominantly outside.
The new location of the garden children since 2023 is a cozy shelter, protected by trees and bushes, together with the surrounding grounds of antonius in the neighborhood of the garden nursery. A warming stove and the interior of the hut, decorated by the children themselves, make this a personal place of well-being for the whole group. The garden children have access to a composting toilet in the immediate vicinity of the hut and the nursery's sanitary facilities.
In addition, the antonius campus serves as a place for the Gartenkinder to stay and meet. The different work areas and the encounters with the people working there, such as in the nursery, the carpentry workshop, the pottery, the cafeteria or on the playground of the daycare center, are our learning space and space to play.
The garden children expand their radius by regularly going to the forest all year round and by making excursions, for example to the antonius farm, to the river Fulda or to the library.

Food

Catering by our network antonius:

The daycare center is supplied by our commercial kitchen from antonius according to the hot catering system (so-called cook & hold system). This means that the food is cooked fresh daily in the antonius kitchen and delivered to the daycare center in a cooked, warm state.

We offer a full menu, a vegetarian menu and a special menu (by individual arrangement, e.g. for lactose intolerance).

Basics

The ambinius Kita works inclusively, so our goal is to offer children a protected place where they can develop their individual abilities regardless of their stage of development, nationality and religion. A colorful group of children, in which a child experiences one thing in particular: I am special, because individual talents are more important than deficits. The strengthening of the individual child is in the foreground in our daycare center, not the comparison of performance.

To achieve this, we rely on a strong sense of togetherness, because for us, inclusion means preventing exclusion through encounters. If you experience inclusive togetherness from an early age, you will take it for granted for the rest of your life. We always follow our guiding principle that education comes through relationships.

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Additional Offerings

Young and old together

In addition to the daycare center, the ambinius Haus also houses the senior daycare center. Young and old get to know each other through joint activities, such as baking, handicrafts and excursions. Children thus increase their social skills, learn consideration and experience old age as a normal stage of life. They benefit from the wealth of experience that the seniors bring with them.

Specifics

Our daycare center offers about 100 places for children from the age of two. In the Gartenkinder group, admission is possible from the age of three.

We work on the basis of the Hessian Education Plan. The goal of pedagogical action is to give children the freedom to develop independence and creativity.

The goal of our work is the inclusion of all children, regardless of their stage of development, nationality or religion. For us, inclusion means preventing isolation and exclusion and LIVING together. This accompanies us in our daily interaction and becomes visible in the group cohesion. We are happy to take on this challenge. For us, it is a matter of course and an everyday occurrence.

Holiday Care

We do not offer care during the vacations / vacation replacement.

Overview

Our catchment area is the city of Fulda and in individual cases - for children with disabilities - also the district of Fulda. Places are allocated according to the child's date of birth, registration date, sibling, length of service at antonius and the admission criteria of the city of Fulda, among other factors.
Admission usually takes place at the beginning of each new kindergarten year (August to October).

The following care models are available:

ambinius Kita Full-day place
Mon. to Thurs. 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Fr. 7.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.

ambinius Kita part-time place (max. 20 or 35 hrs./week)
Three models are available
Model I 7.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Model II 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. (Fridays until 3.00 p.m.)
Model III 7.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (without lunch/free of charge)

Outdoor group Gartenkinder
exclusively part-time places (max. 35 hours/week) (based on nature and forest daycare; opening hours 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
Two models are available
Model I 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Model II 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Fridays until 3 p.m.)
Model III on request

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