Introduction/specifics

The Stadtwald-Ockershausen nursery is run by the independent youth welfare agency, the Initiative for Children, Youth and Community Work Ockershausen e.V. (IKJG). The nursery is an integrated offer into local community work.

With our daycare center, we offer professional, educationally professional support, care and support in the sense of childcare that complements the family. Our opening hours are between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The special thing about our nursery is the two different providers in a family center. We share the building with the Ev. Kita Stadtwald. For example, we use the staff rooms, the multi-purpose room, the dining room and the outdoor area together. Through good communication, we act together in the interests of the families in the district.

Rooms

The crèche rooms are located on the ground floor of the family center. The children are divided into 3 groups “Foxes, Owls and Raccoons”. Each group has its group room, sleeping room and washroom with small toilets and changing table. There are beautiful movement elements in each of the spacious group rooms, which invite even the smallest ones to climb, hide and play. There is also a spacious play hallway on the floor that the children like to use with their vehicles and a therapy room. This is used for speech therapy services, but also as a retreat for small groups. On the upper floor there is a gym with a climbing wall and other elements.

The family center has a large outdoor area to which the crèche groups have access via their terrace doors. There are U3 movement elements, a sandpit, swings and a water playground as well as various surface features (turf, safety surface and paving stones).

Daily Schedule

7.00 – 9.00 o`clcok: Between 7.00 und 9.15 AM we are serving breakfast to the children. They arrive until 9.00 am.

9.00 – 11.00 o`clcok: We are starting our day with a morning circle to welcome every child, to sing and play finger games. Afterwards starts time to play freely. 

11.00 – 12.00 o`clock: We are eating lunch together. Afterwards we are changing diapers and are getting ready to take a nap. 

12.00 – ca.14.30 o`clock: During this time the children are taking a nap or are resting. 

14.30 – 15.00 o`clock: About the time we are eating an afternoon snack.

15.00 – 17.00 o`clock: The children can play freely during this time and we are going outside.

Until 16.50 o`clock the children should be picked up.

Food

 All meals are freshly cooked in our modern and spacious kitchen. The children eat all together in the dining room.

Basics

The legal requirements form the basis for our everyday pedagogical work. The protection of children and their right to participate are particularly important to us. We regard the child as an independent, individual subject that has a right to be involved in decisions that affect them. With or- self-determination areas for children under 3 years result from the daily interaction with children and the sensitivity of the staff to questions such as: “Does this really have to be decided by an adult? Or is it justifiable to accept the child's opinion on this aspect? ”In this way, the question of the intensity and duration of the acclimatization period is decided according to the child's needs. The topics of sleeping, eating and diaper changing, i.e. the physical needs, can also be decided and designed together with the children. However, this not only requires an appreciative dialogical exchange with the legal guardians, but also the balance between care and autonomy. Participation does not mean  no rules and no limits. We reserve the right that children are swaddled in any case if there is a risk to the child's health or if there is a risk of furniture being damaged. When it comes to meals, too, the children should decide for themselves what and how much they want to eat. No child is pressured to try foods or finish their portion. Children whose sleep rhythm deviates from the daily schedule are given the opportunity to sleep at a different time. The children are only awakened from sleep for important reasons, e.g. if the afternoon nap has a negative effect on the night sleep. Basically, it is important to strive for age-appropriate participation, i.e. neither to overwhelm the children nor to undermine them.

Employee

Our facility is run by a colorful team of state-recognized educators with various additional qualifications. We are committed to bringing our life and work experience and our different strengths into everyday educational life for the benefit of the children. Interns in different training stages and from different types of schools complement and enrich our team. Interns can be accepted if they stay in the facility for at least six months in order to protect the toddlers from changing relationships too often. A successful flow of information is guaranteed through regular team meetings.

Qualification

One staff member has been taking part in a Language Working Group since 2016, which provides continuous support for language development specialists. It is guided by the specialist advisory service of the "Marburg Sprachförderkonzept"  and takes place once a month in small groups. In this forum, training content is deepened so that the professionals receive regular further qualifications and can pass on their knowledge to the team.

Quality Assurance

We are usind different types of self and external evatulation: To develope our quality we use the " Nationalen Kriterienkatalog". The most important means of external evaluation are our formal complaints procedure "KARL" and the systematic observation of the children.

Cooperations

We are cooperating with:

- Freie Schule Marburg (School)

- Ev. KiTa Stadtwald (kindergarten)

- Bettina-Von-Armin-Schule (School & kindergarten)

- bsj Marburg

- Erziehungsberatungsstelle Ortenberg (educational counseling)

- Ergotherapie-Praxis Quiring-Hessel (occupational therapy)

- Dentist Mrs Dr.Kuppe

Teamwork with parents

Parents and professionals work hand in hand for the benefit of the child. We value legal guardians as experts for their child. For our educational work with toddlers, we need to know the family relations and the habits of the child. That is why we are always looking for a good exchange.

We offer opportunities for this

- in the admission and familiarization interviews 

- in door-and-hinge discussions

- in development talks

- and family afternoons.

We also have a parents' council. With this committee, parents can make use of their right to active participation and participation in day-to-day daycare.

Specifics

The IKJG is based at Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße 16, in the immediate neighborhood of the family center. The employees and department heads of the various offers have their place in the open-plan office, including the management of the Stadtwaldwichtel nursery. The rooms of the IKJG e.V. can be used for special activities, such as parties or parents' afternoons. In addition, the IKJG eV offers various formats that can be of interest to all families: These include, for example, the welcome café, which cheerfully welcomes newly arrived and newly born district residents, parent cafés on various educational topics, family cooking and various advisory services (social and debt counseling, Migration advice, advice on work and qualification, educational advice and educational assistance). There is close cooperation between the management of the nursery and "Frühe Hilfen" (footstep group, parent cafés).

You can find more information to all activities at http://www.ikjg.de