rainbowtrekkers - a place where every shade of color is special
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
Welcome at rainbowtrekkers! rainbowtrekkers Kita gGmbH is a Cologne-based non-profit provider of bilingual (English-German) day care centers and was founded in 2006.
We are convinced that a respectful attitude towards the child’s personality must be the starting point of all education.
rainbowtrekkers blog
News around the topic of kindergarten
“Planting-day” in Junkersdorf und Widdersdorf
28. April 2022
To do something in nature, with nature, in community is probably one of the most satisfying experiences in life.
Rainbowtrekkers present “Mother in the Wild”
1. April 2022
Especially in difficult times, conscious breathing can lead us back to inner peace and stability. We would like to support you and your children in this.
When less testing means more stability for children
31. March 2022
The last thing daycare centers in Cologne need is mandatory corona testing. Instead of awarding contracts worth millions to laboratories, the municipality should finally provide the daycare centers in the city with better funding.
Adult vaccination coercement in kindergarten: a policy without evidence and without logic
17. September 2021
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
27. May 2021
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
26. May 2021
„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
25. March 2021
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
25. February 2021
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
12. February 2021
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
12. February 2021
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…
Voices
What do others say about us
"That the (majority of) parents and children are as international and open minded as we are. The teachers are loving and really do know and also want to know my children (we have one child in every group: Peekaboos, Bumblebees (Snugglebugs) and Butterflies (Snugglebug)). It is a joy to talk to them and also to enter the Kindergarten. It is even so nice, that we have a hard time leaving during pickup time!! (And that's meant in a very good way!)“Kundenstimme 2
Ich mag die familiäre Umgebung, immer nette und freundliche Atmosphäre!Die liebevolle Erziehung der Kinder! Mann hat immer Zeit und „Ohren“ für uns!Kundenstimme 1

Locations
You'll find us here
Lindenthal
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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