Introduction/specifics

Situation-oriented approach according to the guiding principle "No education without bonding"

Working in partially open groups

Everyday integrated language improvement activities

Weekly sport activity days

Various Projects, e.g. pumpkin competition, "Clever in sun and shade"

Regularly Zahlenland according to Prof. Preis

Exchange about the development once a year

Hiking days

Rooms

Our house consists of three interconnected buildings.
Each group has a group room with a side room.  
In the old building (House 1), we have an experiment room in which various experiments arouse the children's curiosity. This room is also available for Zahlenland, cooperation and other special activities.
The full-day children in the Ü3 area eat together in the dining room.
Various quiet activities, such as storytelling and listening to fairy tales, can take place in small groups or with individual children in the so-called language development room.
After lunch, the full-day children can rest or sleep in the sleep room.
Creativity can be explored in our open studio in the middle building (House 2).
This is also where our popular exercise room is located, where the groups regularly do sport activities and the children can pursue their urge to move during free play time.
In our newest building (House 3), in addition to an Ü3 group, there are also two toddler groups who use a specially built and equipped exercise room.

Outdoor Facilities

The outdoor area of our kindergarten is divided into two areas, the toddler garden and the "big" garden, which offers a wide range of activities with a great stock of trees.

Our youngest children can move freely in the toddler garden.                                                                         

In both garden areas, the corresponding groups of children can move freely and slide, play with sand, climb, swing, ride various vehicles and much more.                  

In the "big kids'" garden, there are also a trampoline, horizontal bars and a boat for "sailing around the world". The outdoor area is furthermore a paradise for children with plenty of space to run around, play ball games and a small forest.

Daily Schedule

In all groups, it is important to us that the children have time to arrive at their group in peace in the morning.

From 9.15 a.m., the Ü3 groups open, i.e. the children are allowed to move freely around the house and garden alone or in small groups after consultation with one of the nursery teachers.

From the time they arrive until the group-internal morning circle or joint activity, the Ü3 children are free to choose their snack time. The children in the toddler groups eat their brought-along breakfast together.

Weather permitting, it is important to us that all children can still enjoy garden time and therefore they all go out into the fresh air after the morning circle/communal activity.

Food

Lunch for our full-day children is delivered hot by the caterer K5 from Salem. They cook balanced, seasonal and regional meals. We have the option of ordering "Muslim" or "allergy" food on request.

In the U3 area, the children eat in their usual group room at around 11.30 am.                                                            

The children from the kindergarten go to the dining room at around 12.00 noon to eat their lunch there. The children are given the opportunity to try everything and then decide what they want more of and how much of it they want. During the shared meal, the children can pour water into their own glasses using the jugs provided.

Basics

Our educational center is one of a total of four/five educational institutions in the municipality of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen.

For us as a team, it is a wonderful and responsible task to be able to accompany your children at a particularly formative time in their lives, to "walk a part of the way together" with you as their legal guardians and to work in a way that complements the family.

In our daily routine, we provide a variety of stimuli in different areas to support and challenge the children in the various learning areas. Here they can also live out their urge to move, give free rein to their creativity and withdraw.

It is very important to us to teach the children the values and norms of good cooperation, which includes not only saying hello and goodbye or thank you and please, but also looking at where my boundaries are and where those of others are.

The children are greeted by their teachers in their groups at the start of the day and can move around freely in small groups and in our house and the sensational garden with its "little forest" from a certain time onwards, by arrangement. The daily in-group morning circle and the communal walk in our garden also give the children structure and support. This provides our children with optimal conditions for independent yet shared learning processes.

We accommodate two U3 groups (1-3 years) and five Ü3 groups (3 years to school entry) with different opening hours.

Opening hours:

Half-day U3:               7.30 am - 1.00 pm

Full-day U3:               7.30 am - 3.30 pm

Half-day Ü3:               7.30 am - 1.00 pm

Extended opening hours Ü3: 7.30 am - 2.00 pm (with 2nd healthy snack brought along)

Full-day Ü3: Mon - Thu 7.30 am - 5.00 pm + Fri 7.30 am - 3.30 pm (with hot lunch delivered)

Cooperations

We work closely with the local elementary school, other schools and special educational institutions on a regular basis.

We also visit the local library at regular intervals and the preschoolers are made "library fit" (Bibfit).

We also take part in the school fruit and milk program and incorporate healthy nutrition into our daily routine.