Kita at the Technische Universität Berlin

In the mixed-age area, we look after up to 64 children from the age of 3 until they start school. Here we have created various functional areas that fulfil the different interests and needs of the children: An atrium serves as a construction and building area, two studios invite the children to be creative, and there is a music and movement room, which is also used for resting. We also offer a media workshop, a learning workshop for experimenting and researching, a cosy library for retreats and reading aloud, as well as a role-play room with dressing-up facilities, a kitchen and a toy shop. Most of the materials are visible and easily accessible to the children, so that their natural curiosity is constantly awakened.

Our day care center is attended by children who come from all over Berlin. Therefore, it is important for us to make trips to the surrounding area. We like to take the children to the Einsteinufer (river bank) and the Spree river, to the Tiergarten park, to the Tiergarten sluice and to the zoo. Other favorite places of the children are the Pippi Longstocking playground, the nearby Ziegenhof communal center and the charming Hexenhaus at the Spree canal. We buy ingredients for cooking and baking. Visiting the parents' workplaces and the children's homes give them the opportunity to experience the diversity of international work and cultures.

In the course of a day care year, we have many opportunities to celebrate. Feasts are important to us because they offer us a break in our everyday routines, are fun and leave us with beautiful memories. For our preschool children there is an annual children's festival in the "Freiraum" - the event hall of the culture department of  studierendenWERK.

It is important to us that the children move a lot. We often visit our playground where the children can romp, climb, swing, slide, dig and explore nature in almost every weather condition. We regularly go to the gym at the Technical University and cooperate with a swimming club for children’s swimming classes. Once a year our older children can join the Bambini Run in the Tiergarten park. It is a great communal experience for them to run about 800 meters through the park together.

As part of its focus profile ‘Nature, Environment, Technology’, the daycare centre has created raised plant beds together with Ackerdemia e.V..
The children have here the opportunity to gain their first experience of gardening and observe the growth of various plants, which they can taste or process after harvesting. They are supported by dedicated parents and educational staff.