Introduction/specifics

That's us

20 pedagogical employees accompany, support, encourage and challenge up to 117 children.

Our day care center consists of 3 regular groups, each with 25 children aged 3 - 6 years.
Here we offer care from 07:55 to 12:55, 07:55 to 13:55 and 07:55 to 15:55.

In addition, our 3 crèche groups offer space for 42 children aged 1 - 3 years.
Here our opening hours are from 07:55 to 12:55 and 07:55 to 13:55.

In both the nursery and the kindergarten we also have an early morning service from 06:55 to 07:55.

Daily Schedule

A day in our world of experience and experience day care center
 
07:55 to 08:20
"Welcome time"
The children arrive at the daycare center and we welcome them to the group.
 
07:55 to 08:20
Bus ride with pedagogical supervision
An educator accompanies and supervises the children who travel to the daycare center by bus.
 
08:20 to 08:35
Morning circle
We start the day together with the morning circle. Rituals, such as greetings, prayers, and a shared discussion about the day's schedule, provide stability and security for the start of an eventful day at the daycare center.
 
08:35 to 09:15
Group time / project time
This time creates space for individual activities and promotes coming together in the group. The children can participate and contribute their own ideas and imaginations.  Our activities encompass the diversity and different dimensions of children's learning. Here, the children can decide for themselves and be creative.

09:15 till 12:10
Free play time
During free play time, the children decide for themselves where and with whom they want to play. During this time, the hallway, the movement room and our outdoor area are available to the children. Pedagogical activities from the various educational areas also take place during this time.
 
09:15 to 11:30
Breakfast on the move
Our children decide independently when and with whom they eat breakfast.
 
12:10 to 12:20
"Farewell circle
We end the morning at the kindergarten together and say goodbye.
 
12:20 to 12:25
"Gathering" of the bus children
From all groups, the bus children line up at the front door.
 
12:25 to 12:55
Bus ride with pedagogical supervision
An educator accompanies and takes care of the children who go home by bus.
 
12:30 to 12:55
Pick-up phase
The children who do not stay for lunch have the opportunity to finish the kindergarten morning by playing in a small group during the pick-up phase.

12:25 to 13:15
Lunch together
Our cafeteria invites children and staff to share a hot meal together, enjoy the atmosphere, and have conversations about the morning's experiences.
 
13:15 p.m. to 15:55
Joint play and situational action time
The action time offers space for joint play in which various actions are offered situationally. In addition, the children prepare a healthy snack for the break together with the educators.

A morning in our world of experience and experience crèche
 
07:55 to 08:30
"Welcome time"
The children arrive at the nursery and we welcome them to the group.
 
08:30 to 08:45
Morning circle
We start the day together with the morning circle. Rituals, such as the greeting, prayer and the common conversation about the daily routine, provide support and security for the start of the eventful kindergarten day.
 
08:45 to 11:00
Group time / Project time
This time creates space for individual activities and thus promotes coming together in the group. Our offerings encompass the variety and different dimensions of children's learning. Here we can be creative with the children.

09:00 to 09:30
Free play time
"Time to play freely"
During free play time, the children decide for themselves where and with whom they want to play. Pedagogical offers from the various educational areas also take place during this time.
 
09:30 to 10:15
Breakfast together
We have breakfast together in our cafeteria.
 
10:15 to 11:20
Free play time & diaper changing time
During free play time, the children decide for themselves where and with whom they want to play. Pedagogical offers from the different educational areas also take place during this time. All children are accompanied to the toilet or changed during this time. (Additional as needed)
 
11:20 to 12:00
Action time
The action time offers space to play and move, especially on our natural adventure playground or in the movement room.
 
12:00
Joint lunch
Our cafeteria invites the children and staff to eat a hot meal together and enjoy the atmosphere.
 
12:20 to 12:55
Pick-up phase
During the pick-up phase, the children have the opportunity to end the kindergarten morning by playing in a small group.

Basics

The motto of our pedagogical work with your children is:
 
"We like you the way you are,
we trust in your abilities.
If you need us, we are there,
but first try it yourself."
 
Our pedagogical work is oriented towards the needs of the children. Through targeted offers and methods, we want to support and encourage the children in their holistic development. We create opportunities to gain new experiences and try out the unknown. Play is of great importance to us in our pedagogical work. Play represents a main content of the children's lives.
 
PLAY IS LEARNING

Through the learning experiences in children's play, the child's ego, social and factual competence is always being developed. Often underestimated, play offers a multitude of learning effects. Everyone collects "their own experiences" in community with other children or sometimes alone. Play has a high priority in our daycare center. For us as pedagogical specialists, it is important to strengthen the children's strengths and thereby weaken their weaknesses in everyday kindergarten life.
 
In our pedagogical work, we implement the learning areas of the Lower Saxony Orientation Plan holistically.

Cooperations

Cooperation with other institutions - hand in hand for the children

Our kindergarten is a place of encounter.

We develop close relationships with the social environment and establish contacts with people from the community, institutions and cultural facilities.

We hope for mutual stimulation, impulses and assistance through active cooperation.
 
Which institutions do we work with?

• Heilig-Kreuz parish and library
• Twist Family Center
• Community Twist
• City of Meppen
• County of Emsland
• Caritas Association
• Diocese of Osnabrück
• Early intervention center/ educational counseling center
• Health office/ Youth welfare office
• Astrid Lindgren School Rühle
• Christophorus School Rühlerfeld/-moor
• Day care centers of the community Twist
• Secondary schools, technical schools, universities of applied sciences
• general providers of further education and training

Teamwork with parents

Hand in hand - together for the children

The trusting encounter with parents is an important part of our pedagogical work. An intensive cooperation, for the benefit of the child. A friendly, understanding atmosphere is the basis of our cooperation. After registration, the initial meeting is the concrete start of a sustainable educational partnership. It is important to us to give the children the time they need during the settling-in period. After about 6-8 weeks, we discuss how the child, the parents and the primary educator fared during the settling-in period.

Our parents receive all information about the daycare center via the Kikom App or via the WhatsApp groups.

We use the platform PADLET to offer all parents an insight into our daily work. We regularly post things to make our work transparent.

Our door is open for questions, wishes, needs and problems of all parents. A special framework for this is the annual parent-educator meeting.  An exchange between parents and educators makes it possible to accompany the child in its development together.

Highlights in the interaction between children, parents and educators are the various festivals and celebrations.

For us, the parents' council and playground committee is not a "must", but an enrichment.

We receive additional support for our work through the parents' council. By law, 2 parent representatives per group are elected by the parents at the beginning of the kindergarten year. They act as mediators between parents and kindergarten. Through ideas, suggestions, but also constructive criticism, they help shape our experience of the kindergarten.

In addition to the parent council, we receive active support in our work around the playground from the playground committee. Several elected representatives per group help us with ideas, suggestions and a lot of commitment in the planning of our playground activities as well as the repair, renewal and expansion of our natural playground.
 
Our booster club

The aim of the support association is to make it possible for the day care center, and thus of course for the children, to make various purchases that are not within the normal budget of the municipality.
We need your help, join the association!
 
You can find more information about our work and the association on our homepage.
www.kita-ruehlermoor-twist.de