Early Education in Daycare Centres

Your child’s ability to express themselves, to understand others and to be able to read and write are essential prerequisites for their individual development and for being able to participate in society.

The basics of your child’s language develop in the first years of life in contact with their environment. This includes you as parents, other children and their educators. The stimulating daily routine in the daycare centre offers many opportunities for communication.

Language education in the daycare centre is integrated into everyday life. In the daycare centre children who grow up multilingual come into regular contact with the German language, which is so important for later success in school – the earlier, the better. The language of origin can be maintained at home.

The transition from daycare to primary school is an important step in your child’s life. In the daycare centre, the children acquire skills that will be useful in their further education. Your child will be prepared for school during their entire daycare time.

The Berlin education programme describes what your child needs to be able to do in order to get off to a good start in first grade. As parents, you are very important to your children in this phase. However, good preparation for school does not mean that you practice reading, writing and arithmetic with your child beforehand. Rather, it is about supporting your child with patience and care in their independence and self-confidence.

In everyday family life you have numerous opportunities to prepare your child for learning at school. You can find some suggestions for the transition from daycare to primary school in our flyer From daycare to school (Flyer)