Tag: Education: kindergarten
“Noah’s Ark” is Bavaria’s winner of the German Kita Prize – Bavaria
The “Arche Noah” daycare center in Kasendorf came in second place in the German Daycare Award. Children experience a lot of freedom there and can play in the forest or…
Kita price: Big things for the little ones – Bavaria
Kathrin Scholz’s euphoria can almost be felt through the phone, she is so happy about the Biosphere Children’s nomination for the German Daycare Award 2024. “I am totally overwhelmed by…
“Noah’s Ark” is Bavaria’s winner of the German Kita Prize – Bavaria
The “Arche Noah” daycare center in Kasendorf came second in the German Daycare Award in 2023. Girls and boys experience a lot of freedom there, can ride in carriages, play…
Bavaria’s family minister announces 50,000 new daycare places – Bavaria
In view of the massive criticism from daycare associations, the Bavarian Family Minister Ulrike Scharf (CSU) has promised a further 50,000 childcare places for this legislative period. In the last…
Daycare emergency in Munich: Lots decide who gets kicked out of kindergarten – Munich
When Benita-Viola Kotulla brings her daughter to kindergarten one February morning, she is given a piece of paper. It says there are no longer enough educators to look after all…
Children need openness, but not spaces for exploration – opinion
Exploring one’s own body is an elementary part of child development and is by no means “DISGUSTING … !!!”, as the outraged comments on social media are currently reading. It…
Kita crisis: no place for children
Desperate parents, overworked educators and a mayor who warns families not to move to his town: In Langen in Hesse, the childcare shortage can be viewed through a magnifying glass.…
Growing up with chickens, goats and field work – Bavaria
A group of children is cooking potato soup outside with wild herbs they have collected themselves. Other children have built a shop and sell dandelion flowers to eat. Two four-year-olds…
Survey of daycare managers: daycare centers are reeling in a “downward spiral” – politics
The beautiful things are the first to disappear, says daycare manager Barbara Nolte. Elaborate handicraft projects or a trip to the farm need enough staff. But the educational mission of…
Bavaria: The day-care center concept of the Minister of Social Affairs meets with sharp criticism – Bavaria
In Bavaria’s day-care centers, there is a lack of staff and there are too few childcare places – Social Minister Ulrike Scharf (CSU) presented suggestions on how to solve the…