Rooms

The kindergarten is located on the grounds of the former Kemmel barracks. In the same building there are two large-day-care groups (Kinderstube: 1 - 3 year olds; Mittagsbetreuung: 1. - 4.class), the family center as well as the counseling center of Caritas and the multigeneration house.

Rooms: 
The kindergarten rooms include a group room as well as an side room, a hallway, an office and a kitchen. The sanitary facilities are shared with the Kinderstube and the Family Center. 
The Murmelcafe of the family center is also located on the same floor. This is where the pretzels for the snack are purchased every Tuesday.
Group room: 

• Workshop: Painting wall, workbench with tools, possibility for handicrafts - creative design - painting, laboratory for research.
• Sitting area: possibility for table games, eating area, preschool.

Hallway: 

• Wardrobe
• Role play area: kitchen, bed, dress up box, doll toys
• Climbing wall

Side room - functional room:

• Couch with bookshelf
• secured plateau: playable or as a possibility for rest (Snoezel area)
• Carpet: morning circle, constuction
• Room for activities: Music, tank, rhythmics 

Equipment: 
The furniture is designed so that it can also be changed by the children and included in individual free play. We always rinse out/through the toys so that a sensory overload is avoided.

Outdoor Facilities

Outdoor area

The spacious garden is used by the family center, the two groups of the large day care center and the kindergarten. There are various play and climbing elements made of natural materials (e.g. a tree house, a pirate ship-bug), a slide, a tunnel, three turntables, two large sandboxes and seating for children and adults. In addition, one sandbox has a mud area with a water pump and a crack system and a bobby car racing track. Two large chestnuts, an apple tree, a Cornell cherry tree, various shrubs (blackberries, currants) and hedges as well as two raised beds are also part of the garden and are intended to contribute to the experience of nature. 
For free play, the children can use movable building materials such as wood, sticks, stones as well as shovels, buckets etc.. In addition, several different vehicles such as bobby cars and excavators can be included in free play.

Daily Schedule

Daily schedule

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Arrival

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Free play

9:00 a.m. - approx. 9:30 a.m.: Morning circle

from approx. 9:30 a.m.: snack time - except Tuesday: pretzel day / Wednesday: cereal day 

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: free play, garden, time for specific educational activities

12:00 p.m. - approx. 12:45 p.m.: Lunch (in-house cook) 

approx. 12:45 p.m.: nap time with reading aloud of books 

approx. 13:15 p.m - 15:00 p.m.: free play, garden, time for pedagogical offers 

Weekly schedule: 

Monday: Gymnastics-day
Tuesday: Pretzel-day, toy-day
Wednesday: cereal-day
Thursday: Preschool
Friday: Forest-day

Food

Snack
Each child brings a snack from home that is as healthy, wholesome, and low in packaging as possible.
Exceptions: 

• Tuesday is pretzel day. The children go to the Murmelcafe together and are allowed to buy a pretzel with the money they bring (1 Euro: pretzel; 1.50 Euro: butter pretzel). 
• Wednesday is cereal day. On this day, the children bring a piece of fruit from home, which is cut up together with a pedagogical specialist and is available for the children to eat in addition to the muesli. The cereal and milk is provided by the kindergarten. Cow's milk as well as oat or almond milk is available.

Lunch
Lunch is cooked fresh every day by an in-house cook and is vegetarian. All food used for the meal is organic. 
Special diets due to food intolerances or similar will be taken into consideration if the expense is reasonable and all children can still be offered a full lunch. The meal plan is posted in the kitchen every week starting Monday morning.

Afternoon snack
Discovering, exploring, creating and also playing makes you hungry. That's why we have another snack in the afternoon. This is provided by the kindergarten. For example, the children get fruit.

Basics

Laughing children who make their way through the world with self-confidence and basic trust, who are free in their actions and at the same time attentive to the feelings of others, who are close to nature, who feel safe and loved, perceived and valued. Children who are allowed to be children.

Our image of the child
Appreciation of individuality vs. development of social skills

We are convinced that the pedagogical support and encouragement of children takes place in a "both-as-well" or "on the one hand and on the other hand" manner.

On the one hand, we value the individuality of each child. We see the child as an independent personality and trust in his or her resources. The preservation and support of each child's individuality as well as the creation of free spaces to live it out are important to us.

On the other hand, children spend a large part of their time within a community of people. A considerate, respectful coexistence in a community is only possible if children learn when and to what extent the expression of their own individuality must be put on hold in order not to endanger or unnecessarily restrict the integrity of others.

Teamwork with parents

Parental cooperation 

Parental cooperation in the Murmelkindergarten is mandatory according to the "Netz für Kinder" guidelines. In a two-week cycle, services (supervision, cooking, etc.) that all families must perform, as well as other irregular tasks (parent representation, finances, garden, etc.) must be completed. The parent hours worked are compensated according to the honorary service rate.
Through their participation, parents gain increased insight into the daily routine of the kindergarten and experience their children in various situations. They are in close contact with the kindergarten teachers. Parents also have the opportunity to contribute their skills and knowledge to projects.

Specifics

Basic pedagogical principle: The situation-oriented approach

The principles and guiding ideas of the pedagogical work in the Murmelkindergarten: 
The creation of free space for the children to live out their own individuality within the framework of a social group and in consideration of the needs of all, the promotion of the specific talents of the sometimes very different children, the support of the sensual exploration of the world, the natural and playful acquisition of knowledge and the self-directed learning process are based on a fundamental pedagogical principle: the situation-oriented approach.

This means that the pedagogical staff observes the children in the respective complex situations, makes the respective situationally occurring behaviors, interests and needs of the children the starting point of their pedagogical actions and acts pedagogically according to the situation or decides which child needs assistance, emotional encouragement, rest or stimulation or offers.

Overview

We accept children from the age of two. We pay attention to a balanced group structure.
Siblings are given priority.
Pre-school children are given special consideration whenever possible for reasons of "transition to school".
A very important criterion for admission is the willingness of the parents to cooperate with the school (see point: pedagogical aspect - parental cooperation). 

The catchment area includes the community of Murnau and its town center. Children from other municipalities can only be accepted if the home municipality pays the corresponding contribution for the guest child.