Natural learning for ages 2—5
 

The German Kindergarten
natural learning for 2–5 year olds

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Learning is a natural part of life

We strive to create an environment where children learn and have fun in a playful way

We strongly believe in learning through play close to nature. We help children to develop social skills and a sense of belonging to a group with respect for each other.

Our educational approach encourages children to become confident, relying on personal strengths. We aim to provide a nuturing environment giving each child the opportunity to become independent to develop into a confident person.

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Speaking German is fun

Our bilingual approach allows children to be immersed in German language and culture.

We promote bilingualism from early childhood. Before the age of seven is when two languages are most easily learned. When children first begin to speak a new language they will not be fluent and will communicate by intonation rather than words. They are greatly helped if they can talk with people who are completely fluent.

We strongly believe it particularly stimulates children in their intellectual development to learn from more than one culture and to hear and speak another language. This also positively influences the children’s self-esteem. The German Kindergarten staff are native German speakers. We emphasise storytelling and reading as a way to immerse the children in a German speaking environment. We also teach about German language and culture by following German holidays and traditions.

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Inclusion and Diversity

Everyone is welcome in the German Kindergarten. 

We are inclusive. We believe diversity makes us stronger together. We celebrate diversity in our German Kindergarten community in everything that we do. We embrace fresh approaches to diversity and inclusion we believe that nurturing this in young children will help to build a better future together.

 

Healthy eating at the Kindergarten

We love good food, we love to share food and we also want to instil the love of good food in the children. We offer delicious freshly cooked plant based and vegetarian food in the Kindergarten. 

We choose to serve mainly plant based food with some vegetarian options because it is healthy and nutritious, it is good for our environment and by doing so we promote respect for other living beings. 

When creating the menu we take advice from a nutritionist. We get inspiration from experienced chefs we aim to shop local and seasonal, we cook with passion and take influences from all over the world. 

Philippe our passionate Kindergarten chef is continuously creating new dishes and is a keen believer of listening to the children and is ready to inspire them when it comes to trying out new food. 

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Consultancy

Bettina Sebek

Bettina Sebek is the director of The German Kindergarten. She has great experience in early years education and offers training and consultancy on a range of topics.

Articles

Fighting crime with three-year-olds 

by Bettina Sebek, German Kindergarten

A growing challenge for inner-city nurseries is the lack of suitable outdoor space. Nurseries have no or very small private gardens to provide a rich and creative outdoor learning experience.

We are recruiting!

We are always happy to here from people who would like to work with us.

 
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“Ich freue mich jedes mal, wenn ich Freddie vom Kindergarten abhole, wie glücklich er ist und wieviel Spaß er hatte. Zu Hause spricht er von fast nichts anderem als vom Kindergarten”
— Verena
“The German Kindergarten joyfully and unpretentiously represents cosmopolitan London. Robust outdoor play and excursions in any weather is balanced with cosy reading corners, arts and crafts and much singing! Sincere professionals accompanied our daughter along her discovery of herself and her social surroundings. If I could choose to be a child again, I would be certain to include the German Kindergarten in my daily routine.”
— Michael
“The German Kindergarten is something truly special; a warm and nurturing environment led by kind and enthusiastic staff, who really helped our daughter to explore, discover, learn, make and do! We really loved the focus on whatever-the-weather outdoor play, there were always exciting activities going on and we also loved the fact that she was hearing and beginning to understand spoken German.”
— Laela
“I recommend The German Kindergarten to everyone. My daughter had such wonderful and happy time there. She especially liked spending so much time outside in the gardens and on trips out. We met some lovely friends and she was well prepared for primary school too.”
— Kate
 
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