Rooms

The Seestern daycare center is located near the edge of the forest on a small lake. It is surrounded by a large garden area and inner courtyard, which are also used as a play area. The facility for children aged 3-6 years consists of a building with 4 light-flooded group/function rooms and an integrated kitchen. Here, a cook and a housekeeper prepare fresh, balanced and wholesome meals from regional products every day.

The following function rooms and offers are currently available:

- Studio
- Theater world - Role play area
- Building and construction area
- Wood workshop
- Gymnastics and movement room: Our large gymnastics and movement room offers a wide range of activities for all children. Movement construction sites, games and romping around, but also the valuable and development-promoting “measuring of strength” with rules and respect is part of it
- Garden: Our garden is a place where every child can indulge their urge to explore, learn and move. Whether climbing, balancing, riding a bike or balance bike in our spacious outdoor area, sowing and planting in the raised beds, working with wood at the workbench or exploring with the microscope. Here you will find opportunities for close-up experience and discovery in various areas of life. There is also plenty of fun in the water in summer, with a wide range of activities on offer. An extra area for our construction workers also offers many opportunities to try out and develop their skills. Our inviting “chill” corner allows the children to find peace and relaxation or simply make themselves comfortable with a book. Our garden is our “kindergarten”, especially in the warmer months, as we start our
start our day here in the morning and move all the play areas outside.

- Forest group: The Seestern daycare center has a permanent forest group. The children decide
themselves whether and when they want to go into the forest. The forest-loving children should
be given the opportunity to gather and experience a lot of nature.
Knowledge transfer and rituals, as well as shared experiences in the forest are a fixed
part of the forest group. Attention is also paid to nature-friendly behavior.

Food

The children at the Seestern daycare center have the opportunity to eat their breakfast together in the hallway every morning from 07:30 - 11:00.

Lunch is freshly cooked in the daycare center by a kitchen team and is tailored to the needs of the children. The varied menu can be viewed via the daycare app. The children are also regularly consulted and can incorporate their wishes. Fruit and salad are offered daily alongside the main meal.

In the afternoon, the menu is rounded off with a small snack of fruit, vegetables and crispbread.

Basics

One of the foundations of our educational work is our daycare center constitution, which was drawn up by the team. This clearly describes and sets out the rights of the children. Through active participation, e.g. through the children's conferences and the Kita-Seestern complaints management system, children are given a large say and the right to make decisions. Here, the children learn to formulate complaints and develop solutions under the close supervision of the educational staff.

Teamwork with school

In order to create a smooth transition to elementary school for the children, we regularly carry out an intensified education-oriented concept in a child's last year of kindergarten. This takes place across all groups as well as in small groups. The main focus here is on having fun while learning, as well as the essential topics for school readiness.

There is active cooperation with the Johann-Peter-Hebel School in Gundelfingen.

Teamwork with parents

The educational partnership with you as parents is very important to us. For this reason, we hold regular development meetings and have a lively exchange with you on a daily basis. We now also use the “Kita app” for this purpose. It provides you with specific information and dates, and we can also give you an insight into special educational activities.