General information
Opening hours
- Monday – Friday
- 7.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
- Visits by prior arrangement
Job vacancies
We are always looking for new talents and support for our teams. You are welcome to send us an unsolicited application.
Free places
We currently still have places available in our nursery.
Offer
Childcare provision
The Wurzelkinder crèche is a small facility with a family atmosphere. Children aged 10 months to 3 years are cared for here. Our partially open and needs-oriented concept enables the children to play an active role in shaping the day-to-day life of the day nursery and to develop their interests freely.
The children have several functional rooms at their disposal in which they can, for example, pursue psychomotor activities, give free rein to their creativity or relax and look at books. Early musical education is also firmly anchored in the daily routine, for example when we start the day together in the morning circle.
It is particularly important to us that the children learn how they can courageously stand up for their interests and needs within the scope of their abilities. We support them in developing their ego-competence and in experiencing their self-efficacy, for example by introducing the so-called STOP rule to show them their own and others’ limits.
Together with our partner daycare center Ratz und Rübe, we regularly celebrate festivals, such as the summer and lantern festivals. Many Wurzel children transfer to the Ratz and Rübe elementary groups as soon as they reach their 3rd birthday.
We acclimatize new children according to evaluated acclimatization models for daycare centers.
Educational offer
- Movement activities based on psychomotor skills
- Creative design (e.g. experimenting with colors)
- Role play and free play
- Sensory and material experiences (e.g. water and pouring games)
- Early musical education
- Puddle runners (balance bike group)
- Excursions (e.g. to Ratz und Rübe, the park or the weekly market)
- Daycare overnight stay
- We monitor and document the children’s development in the form of educational and learning stories. We serve breakfast and lunch at the nursery. The children are always offered fresh snacks in the form of fruit, vegetables and bread, for example. The tasty and wholesome food, which comes from controlled organic cultivation, is delivered to us.
Functional rooms and areas
- Role play room
- Movement room
- Building and construction area
- Area for relaxing and reading
- Studio & children’s restaurant
- Outdoor area with sandpit and awning
- Carport for storing e.g. baby carriages
Cooperation with parents
- Annual parent survey
- Parents’ council and exchange meetings
- Themed parents’ evenings
- Door & Angel talks
- Observations by arrangement
- Parental participation in the organization and implementation of festivals
and activities (e.g. summer party) - Complaints management
- Annual development meetings
- Support offered by the provider’s internal advisory team
History
The Wurzelkinder nursery was opened on February 2, 2009 as the 20th facility of the Finkenau Nursery School Foundation. It is located in the Wellingsbüttel district on the border with Klein Borstel and is on the first floor of a former commercial building. The rooms were completely rebuilt and refurnished to meet the needs of the crèche children.
Day-care centre team
Educational specialists from different professions work together in the Finkenau facilities. Housekeepers and cleaners are also an integral part of the teams.
It is also particularly important to us to provide qualified guidance to interns. Some teams also receive support from volunteers or federal volunteers.
Regular staff meetings are held to discuss cases and pedagogical issues as well as conceptual and organizational matters. The documentation and observation of the child’s development by the employees is an essential part of the work. All employees regularly attend further training courses.
