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Respect of the child is the starting point of education.
Know yourself before you attempt to get to know children.
Become aware of what you yourself are capable of
before you attempt to outline the rights and responsibilities of children.
First and foremost you must realise that you, too, are a child,
whom you must first get to know
– Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) Pedagogue
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News around the topic of kindergarten
Adult vaccination coercement in kindergarten: a policy without evidence and without logic
A "vaccination summit" hosted today by chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to take a decision on how to proceed with vaccinations for children of school and kindergarten age. Merkel had already warned in April against "running the the system with…
Joined press release: Cologne daycare providers speak up against compulsary COVID-19 vaccinations for children in Kindergartens
A "vaccination summit" hosted today by chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to take a decision on how to proceed with vaccinations for children of school and kindergarten age. Merkel had already warned in April against "running the the system with…
Kita closures: German government justifies restriction of children´s rights based on fake news
„Oops, they did it again.” Despite political promises to the contrary, last month kindergartens in large parts of the country had to close their doors again to the general public. Only emergency groups had been allowed and hundreds of thousands of…
Learning together from the crisis: Strengthen children’s rights and initiate a return to normality
The first year of the "Corona crisis" has been a year of uncertainty. We witnessed a crisis in which we had to learn to make decisions based on insufficient information. A year in which we were forced to take position without always knowing exactly…
Children’s action competencies in times of the pandemic
Children are social actors who even in times of the pandemic are able to influence their environment and also assume their role responsibly. They have their own decision-making and action competencies (children's agency). A German-Israeli research…
What the fear of Corona is doing to the souls of our children
Throughout the previous year, we have been able to observe that the handling of the actual or feared dangers of COVID19 worldwide is essentially based on fear. This applies equally to children, parents and employees in kindergartens. Now, for the…
During the carneval weekend we open our gymrooms for our children and their families
Are you running out of ideas to entertain your children during the lockdown and have nowhere to go? Are you dreading the long weekend with no events to keep your children active? If this is you - our family centers are here to support you and your…
Corona here and there – US reporter interviews the rainbowtrekkers in Lindenthal
A few weeks ago, our daycare center in Cologne-Lindenthal received a visit from St. Louis Public Radio. Reporter Ryan Delaney investigated the question of why schools and daycare centers were closed in the USA and open in Germany. Read and listen to…
Faces of rainbowtrekkers: Haley Passmore on how quarantine and home office look like for our team members
Under the heading "Faces of rainbowtrekkers" we are happy to introduce you to our pedagogical staff members. This time we meet Haley Passmore from rainbowtrekkers Widdersdorf. The interview has been led by our HR officer Elena Kempe.
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Lindental
This kindergarten in Lindenthal is centrally located on Dürener Straße. Tucked away in a backyard and not visible from the street, the kindergarten has a fantastic outdoor area of almost 1,000 square…
Junkersdorf
This kindergarten is centrally located in the Stadtwaldviertel (formerly Belgian Haelen barracks). There are 50 places for children aged 1-6 years availabe.
Widdersdorf
The kindergarten in Widdersdorf, which was opened in November 2016, is centrally located in the newly developed residential area Widdersdorf-Süd.
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