Maria Montessori Day Care Centre
Markus Scholz
In the Maria Montessori Day Care Centre we look after up to 120 children aged between eight weeks and six years in mixed-age groups. »Give me time« is Maria Montessori's motto, which leads through everyday life with the children.
Our Concept
The Italian physician and teacher Maria Montessori (1870-1952) understood the child's development as the unfolding of forces according to a hidden but firm inner »blueprint«. Not to hinder this self-development, but to support it, is the basis of the pedagogy named after it. The learning instinct of the child itself leads to the learning of new abilities. The core of the day is therefore free work. Here the child can choose what, with whom and for how long it wants to work. The special Montessori materials, with which movements, techniques and behaviours can be learned, offer suggestions for self-training.
Unser Konzept
Die italienische Ärztin und Pädagogin Maria Montessori (1870-1952) verstand die kindliche Entwicklung als Entfaltung der Kräfte nach einem verborgenen, aber festen inneren »Bauplan«. Diese Selbstentfaltung nicht zu behindern, sondern zu unterstützen, ist Grundlage der nach ihr benannten Pädagogik.
Die Umgebung im Kinderhaus ist für verschiedene Entwicklungsbedürfnisse vorbereitet und die Montessori Materialien sind für individuelles Lernen geschaffen. Jedes Kind wählt seine Arbeit nach eigenem Interesse aus. Dabei erlebt es auf seine Weise eigene Stärken und Schwächen, Kompetenzen, sowie neue Herausforderungen. Soziales und emotionales Lernen ist eine Grundlage sozialen Miteinanders. Im Kinderhaus bieten wir den Kindern ein Umfeld zum Erlernen von sozialen und emotionalen Fähigkeiten. Eine Rahmenbedingung hierfür sind die altersgemischten Gruppen. Sie ermöglichen viele verschiedene soziale Lernanreize. Umgangsformen und Gruppenregeln geben den Kindern Orientierungshilfen. Partizipation ist eine grundlegende Haltung der Montessori Pädagogik. Diese ist durch Offenheit, Wertschätzung und Zutrauen geprägt.
Our Rooms
Since 2005 we have been working in the renovated day-care facilities for children in Voßstraße. In our day care centre there are four groups on two floors (ground floor and 1st floor). Each group has two group rooms, a bathroom, a children's kitchen and a wardrobe.
In the basement of the building we use the Movement space, equipped with gymnastics equipment according to the concept of the movement pedagogue Elfriede Hengstenberg. Here the children get to know their own movement possibilities and playfully experience on how to assess their own abilities. Music, theatre and movement can be done in the music and theatre room. The room has an ellipse on the floor for silent exercises.
Our Garden
Our rooms open directly into the large garden, which we use in all weathers. It invites you to climb, romp and play in the sand. The garden is shared with the Amos Comenius Day Care Centre and the children of the After-School Centre August Hermann Francke .
Our Team
There are currently 16 educational staff working at the children's centre, including the head and deputy head. Almost all of the staff have an additional qualification, the Montessori diploma. One member of staff is currently undergoing extra-occupational training to become a state-recognised educator. One member of staff has additional training in curative education. The team is supported by educational specialists (child carers, social assistants) from temporary employment agencies. A technical employee supports the work in the childcare centre.
Unsere Mitarbeiter:innen
Carola Weckebrod
Erzieherin
Important Information for our parents
The care of the children is covered all day by the food provider DLS Dienstleistungs- und Service GmbH. It includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and fruit. One focus is on seasonal and fresh products from the region. Until 6:30 am you can cancel your child's meal for the current day.
We have breakfast from 7:30 am in a cultivated and cosy atmosphere. At 11:00 a.m. we have lunch. We make sure that every child gets the same food. There are exceptions only for desserts and intolerances to certain ingredients.
Tea, milk, juice and water are offered as drinks. Children are encouraged to drink as often as possible, but not to waste.
In case of illness, vacation or other free days of your child, please contact us by E-mail or phone 0345 2127 500 or 0345 2127 501.
- Children suffering from a communicable disease or infested with vermin are not allowed to attend the day care centre due to legal regulations.
- If the child has a communicable infectious disease, the day care centre must be informed immediately.
- After the child has recovered, a medical certificate must be available in the aforementioned cases stating that the child is healthy again and that there are no objections to visiting the day care centre. This also applies in the case that the child was sent home with the advice of a visit to the doctor due to an acute illness.
- Children with diarrhoea, vomiting and fever must always be presented to a paediatrician.
- As a matter of principle, no medication may be administered in the children's facility. In exceptional cases, with the permission of the doctor and the parents, this requirement may be waived.
- For new admissions, we require a health certificate from the doctor, which must not be older than 3 weeks.
A support association effectively supports the work of the day care centre, for example by purchasing specialist books for the in-house library and Montessori materials for the groups. It also supports us financially with special events (e.g. flea market, start in the Advent). We would like to thank them!
Dates & Events
We will be happy to answer any questions you may have about enrollment in a personal introductory meeting. Please make an appointment by phone or by mail with the management of the Kinderhaus. New registrations are possible for August 2024.
Our Day Care Centre is open on weekdays from 6:30 am to 5:00 pm.
On the following days our Day Care Centre remains closed:
21.03.2025, 02.05.2025, 30.05.2025, 05.09.2025, 07.11.2025, 22.12.2025 - 06.01.2026
All information subject to change
January
07.01.: The Kinderhaus reopens after the Christmas holidays.
20.-24.01.: Observation week for interested parents. After prior registration from 8.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.
February
04.02.: Carnival
05.-07.02.: Photographer - Please note the notices in the groups.
19.02.: Further training - the Kinderhaus closes at 3.30 pm.
March
21.03.: Further training - the Kinderhaus is closed.
April
01.04.: Parents' afternoon for parents starting school - please see the notices in the groups.
16.04.: Easter party
May
02.05.: Bridge day - the Kinderhaus is closed.
22.05.: Further training - the Kinderhaus closes at 3.30 pm.
30.05.: Bridge day - the Kinderhaus is closed.
June
02.06.: Children's day party
13.-14.06: Sugar cone party for the first day of school
July
07.07.-01.08.: Summer opening hours
August
01.08.: Welcome of new children and families
September
05.09.: Company outing - the Kinderhaus is closed.
12.09.: 32nd children's house birthday party
19-21.09.: Montessori Congress - emergency staffing on 19.09.
25.09.: Further training - the Kinderhaus closes at 3.30 pm.
October
Harvest thanksgiving festival
November
07.11.: Further training - the Kinderhaus is closed.
18.-19.11.: Photographer - please see the notices in the groups.
21.11.: Reading aloud day
26.11.: Staff meeting - the children's house closes at 2.30 pm.
Advent atmosphere with a theatre play by the teachers.
December
05.12.: Advent singing at 3 pm in the Freylinghausensaal
10.12.: Christmas party in the groups
22.12.-06.01.2026: Christmas holidays - the Kinderhaus is closed and reopens on 07.01.2026.
