Age Groups

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Who are we?

We are a loving, motivated, and creative nursery team consisting of trained educational professionals. We accompany and care for your child aged 0-3 years in one of six nursery groups. Our educational activities and planning focus on each individual child and their needs.

After a gentle settling-in phase (see the Settling-in button) accompanied by the parents, we offer your child a loving, structured daily routine and a safe environment in fixed reference groups. In a varied environment, your child can develop and flourish at their own pace and according to their own needs. Together with us and the other children, there is much to discover and experience.

Learning skills and rules for interacting with others, teaching children independence, and building a trusting relationship between parents and educators are very important to us.

 

 

• Settling in

   

  To ensure that your child has a good start to this new phase of their life, settling in is an important part of helping them feel comfortable at daycare later on.

  Before settling in, parents are introduced to the facility, the future group, and the teachers.

  In order to discuss important information about the upcoming settling-in period, the group teachers will arrange an appointment for a preliminary meeting (approx. 14 days before the start of the settling-in period) with the parents.
  During this meeting, parents provide the teachers with all important information about their child, e.g., eating habits, intolerances/allergies, sleeping habits, favorite toys, etc., and are informed about the daily routine and special features of the facility and group.

  The settling-in period is flexible, always taking into account the needs of the child and the family (orientation period: 14 days based on the Berlin settling-in model).
  During the first few days, the child is sensitively introduced to the group in the presence of their parents.
  The group's educators establish an emotional connection with the child through observation and play and answer any questions the parents may have. Taking the child's needs into account, the parents leave the child after consultation, initially for only a few minutes and, at the end of the settling-in phase, for a few hours at a time.

  There is a daily exchange of information about the progress of the settling-in period.

   

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  Daily routine

  

  This plan is only a rough guide. Our daily routine is flexible and adapted to the individual
  group activities and needs.

   

  Where are we?

  Haus 1
  Hufelandstraße 10, 03050 Cottbus

  Contact persons

  Ellen Jentsch
  Educational management
  Telefon: 0355 42 10 74
  E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Wo are we?

Our team of qualified educational professionals cares for children aged 3 to school age in their everyday lives. As a certified exercise daycare center, exercise is an important part of our daily work. Our large outdoor area invites children to play, run around, hide, and climb, and the roller track can also be used for riding vehicles. In addition to daily exercise, we offer the children weekly guided sports activities in our sports room or on the exercise playground.

We work according to the situational approach, taking into account the interests, needs, and wishes of the children. As part of the daily routine, we offer a wide range of play and learning opportunities within the group, but also across groups. The educational areas are linked to everyday situations, thus promoting independence in preparation for school. When playing together, the children have fun, make friends, and discover the world. Trusting cooperation with parents is very important, as is regular communication with them.

 

 

• Transition to kindergarten

  The transition from nursery to kindergarten is an important developmental step for children and requires a gentle, sensitive, and well-prepared approach by educational professionals and parents. Close cooperation between the nursery and kindergarten teams and the involvement of parents are crucial for a successful transition. We design an individual settling-in phase for each child during the transition from nursery to kindergarten.

  The teachers visit the future kindergarten children in their nursery group to enable initial contact in their familiar surroundings. The children then come to the kindergarten at different times and on different days in the morning over a certain period of time to get a taste of what it's like. This allows them to take part in various activities, whether in the group room or on our large playground. We arrange plenty of opportunities for them to get to know each other, play together, and talk to each other before the children change groups. This allows us to create a smooth transition.

  A day at our kindergarten

   

  

   

  Our daily routine is flexible and adapted to the individual activities and needs of the group.

  Where are we?

  Haus 1
  Hufelandstraße 10, 03050 Cottbus

   

  Contact persons

  Anja Schich
  Pädagogische Leitung
  Telefon: 0355 42 10 74
  E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Wo are we?

Since kindergarten also serves to prepare children for school, this is a particular focus in the last year of preschool. The children see this time as something special, because they are now the big kids. In the ABC groups, tasks from the educational areas are offered in a playful way. The parents' meeting on the topic of “school readiness” takes place together with representatives of the sports-oriented elementary school at the beginning of the last year of kindergarten. For the children, the last year of kindergarten traditionally ends with the Zuckertütenfest (graduation from Kindergarden party).

 

• A day with us in the ABC group

   

  

   

  Our daily routine is flexible and adapted to the individual group activities and needs.

  What a preschooler needs

  • Non-slip sneakers or sandals (no slippers or clogs, please)
  • Change of clothes (depending on the weather)
  • Your own brush for long hair (labeled and with a loop)
  • Backpack (short sportswear, sneakers)
  • Small stuffed toy
  • Snuggle blanket and small pillow (fits in the cloth bag)
  • A4 folder (4 cm wide) with lever function
  • A4 drawing pad
  • Pencil case with rollerball pen, pencil, eraser, small ruler, colored pencils, felt-tip pens, scissors

  Where are we?

  Haus 3
  Gartenstraße 19, 03050 Cottbus
  Telefon zum Team: 0355 48 57 9661

  Contact persons

  Anja Schich
  Pädagogische Leitung
  Telefon: 0355 42 10 74
  E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Who are we?

We are a dedicated, open, and warm team of educational professionals who offer loving and reliable care for children in grades 1 through 6. Our open concept focuses on children's independence, participation, and individual development. We see ourselves as companions, supporters, and confidants, and we give children space to discover, play, and grow.

In our open concept, children are allowed to have a say and actively shape their afternoons. We offer structured learning and play areas, places to retreat, and a variety of activities that promote independence, creativity, and social skills. Our educational work is based on a situation-oriented approach. Starting from a fixed after-school care group to which each child belongs, the children in our “open house” decide for themselves where or which educational activities they want to take part in during after-school care hours. 

In close cooperation with the sports-oriented elementary school, we provide holistic support for the children – in learning, playing, and growing. Good cooperation with parents is important to us; it enriches our after-school care life.

 

 

• A day with us in the After-school care center

   

  • Care at the early morning daycare center at Hufelandstraße 12 from 6 a.m. to 7:10 a.m.
  • Afterwards, the daycare children attend classes at the sports-oriented elementary school in Cottbus.

  • Educational staff at the daycare center work with teachers to organize individual learning times for the children.
  • Lunch is provided.
  • Snack service
  • Sports and games as well as participation in activities, projects, and working groups
  • Together with the children, we organize traditional celebrations, highlights in the after-school care center's daily routine, and the vacation program.

  Where are we?

  Klassenstufe 1 & 2
  im Hort Haus 3
  Gartenstraße 19, 03050 Cottbus
  Telefon Team: 0355 48 57 96 62

  Where are we?

  Klassenstufe 3, 4, 5 & 6
  im Hort Haus 2
  Hufelandstraße 12, 03050 Cottbus
  Telefon Team: 0355 48 67 603

   

  Contact persons

  Janine Paprosch
  Hortleitung
  Telefon: 0355 48 58 9666