Kita Kohlgartenstraße

FAIRbund e.V., Kohlgartenstr. 9, 04315 Leipzig, Germany, Tel. + 49 341 69935900

Our kindergarten opened in August 2015 and is located in the Eastern part of Leipzig. We

are very close to the center of the town with its population of about 560.000. Our institution

houses 180 kids and 35 people working there in management, education, social work,

technics and more. We are lucky to include members of our staff with/from different origin. This circumstance affects our daily working routine and our view of perspective positively.

The objective of our strategy is the further development of the open groups concept

through constant adjustments of the rooms structure and the daily processes. Due to the

location of our kindergarten in a multi - cultural area of Leipzig one main focus of our work is

intercultural education. This is supported by training courses for our educators, special

pedagogical material, a close contact to our counselling center and courses for parents that

take place in our house regularly.

Furthermore we are an institution which is so called “KiFaz” (Kinder- und Familienzentrum) and can be translated as family Centre. All members of the family have the opportunity to attend to diverse activities, proposals and consultations to help them with the upbringing process or with problems concerning their daily life.

„If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some

responsibility on their shoulders“

- Abigail Van Buren

personal - social - productive - expressive - impressive -

comparative - adaptive - explorative

We see our house as an integrated system that supports the resources of the children and allows them

to develop their self-determined acting in an pedagogical surrounding. Activity is another key element of

our work. One of our functional rooms is an activity room, we have a large garden at our house with

several play equipment’s and groups of children visiting the woods around the town regularly.

General info

Number of children: 120 daycare (including 8 children with special needs), 60 toddlers

Staffing: 2 management, 24 educators, 4 educator trainees, 2 special needs educators, 2 European

volunteers, 1 social worker, 2 experts for language education, 4 technic, several trainees from different

social sectors on monthly/three-monthly base

Indoor facilities: seven function rooms (activity, theatre/music, construction, sciences, play-room, library/

relaxation and atelier, childrens kitchen, canteen, parents room and four additional rooms for the toddlers

Outdoor facilities: a large garden with climbing scaffoldings, climbing wall, two sand boxes, wooden

houses, atrium, extra area for gardening