Our programs

Since the transition to school is very important to us, we attach great importance to the preschool education and education of the children. This does not begin with the year before school, but from birth. Throughout the daycare period, we strengthen and promote the skills of the children, which prepare them for the transition to the new stage of school life. Every child is supported and challenged from the start of kindergarten in order to constantly develop.

Through the close cooperation with the bilingual Platanus community school and our zoned school, the »Grundschule an den Buchen«, we can network the preschool education and upbringing particularly well.

More about the areas of education

Social and cultural life

Social relationships are the foundation for all learning processes. Children are researchers and explorers. With a secure attachment to their caregivers, they can easily explore the world. In kindergarten, they experience a community of children with equal rights and opportunities for everyone.

We guide the children in age-homogeneous groups from the settling-in period, through group activities and preschool, up to elementary school. From the start, children have consistent caregivers. Ideally, both the groups and the educators should remain stable social figures in the children’s lives throughout their kindergarten years.

Body, exercise and health

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Health education is integrated into every part of a child’s daily life in our kindergarten. Diverse physical activities, healthy eating, and getting to know their own bodies are designed to provide a memorable experience of a healthy lifestyle. The children have opportunities to engage in age-appropriate physical activities both indoors in the gym and outdoors on the sports field, in the park, or in nature. Through music and dance, they learn to move with joy and connect these areas of learning. The lara.KITAs’ own gardens are available to the children daily. There, they can romp, play, dig, climb, and relax.

Languages, communication and writing culture

Children should have experiences with signals and signs, conscious sound differentiation, different forms of speech, as well as spoken and written language. They learn that spoken language can be represented through symbols and practice handling pencils by drawing, scribbling, and painting. They recognize that effective communication with others requires knowing and using applicable language norms. In this way, they learn to construct meaningful verbal expressions and sentences.

We embrace the idea of a growing, interconnected world and see it as an opportunity for the children’s development. Through our bilingual education in German and English as equal languages in the daily kindergarten routine, our children learn that other languages and scripts exist. They are introduced to a previously unfamiliar culture through the new language and develop intercultural competence from an early age.

Children learn new languages effortlessly. They acquire the new language independently. Learning two languages from the age of 1 to 2 has been proven to have very positive effects on a child’s cognitive development. The principle of our bilingual early language education is that one dedicated caregiver in a kindergarten group speaks only German with the children, while the other speaks only English. Language acquisition occurs naturally through a complete immersion in the new language. Additionally, the following rules apply:

• No pressure is applied, preventing aversions.
• Children learn through imitation, observation, and perception.
• Children need love and a sense of security when learning.
• Language acquisition involves all the senses.

Basic Scientific Experiences

Children find it exciting to uncover mysteries. They want to understand phenomena in their immediate life context, organize their observations, and decode them. We will use this natural curiosity by offering our children situation-related activities. This way, they will develop a basic understanding of nature and the environment.

We experiment, explore, and observe both inside and outside the kindergarten. The Platanus Primary School facilities are also available to the kindergarten children for this purpose.

Basic Mathematical Experiences

The foundation for mathematical thinking is developed in the early years. Children make their first experiences with space and time, mathematical operations like measuring, estimating, sorting, and comparing, as well as abstract concepts, symbols, and order structures within the safe setting of kindergarten.

Early Musical Education

Music enhances children’s intelligence and inner balance. That’s why we place great importance on singing together—in groups or individually. Children experience the fundamental components of music: melody, rhythm, and tonal colors. They also acquire a broad repertoire of songs and dances. Music is also used as a vehicle for bilingual early language education.

Creative Arts

In their efforts to understand the world, children pursue unique approaches and use various means. By drawing, painting, collaging, and experimenting with different materials such as clay, wire, and paper, they actively engage with their environment, process their experiences, and give a unique expression to their impressions. Creative activities are integral parts of our kindergarten’s daily structure.
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