Pre-school education
Pre-school education
At the Dahler Spatzennest Kindergarten, we view preschool education as a holistic education that builds on the children's world of experience. It begins as soon as the child enters kindergarten and offers different focuses and learning goals according to age. In order to make the transition from kindergarten to school as smooth as possible for the preschool children, we offer a variety of preschool activities in the last year of kindergarten before they start school.
In preschool education, we encourage the children to explore and understand themselves and their environment with all their senses. In addition to promoting basic skills, it is important to us to encourage the children in their independence, self-confidence and self-esteem. This also enables them to grasp and master the new and unknown world of school. For us, school readiness means
- participating in a learning community
- Self-confidence
- Joy
- arouse curiosity
- understanding tasks
- Language competence
- creativity
- gross and fine motor skills
- mathematical competencies
- self-confidence
At the beginning of a new kindergarten year, the prospective school children are grouped together. The group in our Dahler Spatzennest daycare center is called "ABC-Spatzen" and meets once a week on an afternoon. The aim of these meetings is for the children to perceive themselves as future school children and part of this group. Based on their interests, the children and educators plan and carry out projects together. They learn to make decisions together with others, to stand up for themselves and their needs, and to develop frustration tolerance.
In the area of social interaction, the educators support the ABC-Spatzen with social-emotional skills training. For one year, the "Dolphin Finn" accompanies the children on this path.
The children plan and design their final activities together with the educators, e.g. the design of the school bags, the final excursion or the farewell party.
In concrete terms, this means for our pedagogical activities in the daycare center that we redesign each preschool year individually with the children.
In order to make the transition from kindergarten to elementary school a successful one, we rely on trusting cooperation with all parents and the teachers at the elementary school.
We regularly participate in the cooperation meetings between kindergarten and elementary school in our village.