Tempelhof-Schöneberg offers a balanced mix of city life, neighborhood charm, and calm family streets.
Large open spaces, many playgrounds, and plenty of everyday cafés and restaurants make it a very comfortable borough.
Kita access is also good in Tempelhof-Schöneberg: the district has many centres, roughly from many dozens to well over a hundred, quality is usually good, and the outlook for open places feels a bit friendlier in some neighbourhoods.
Kita Lillebror is a German-Scandinavian daycare center in Mariendorf (Im Marienpark) operated by Nordische Bildungswerkstatt UG. The facility offers multilingual care (German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian) and has a nest/nursery group for the youngest children.
Parent-run daycare in Tempelhof with 25 places for children aged approximately 1 to 6 years, pedagogically based on Emmi Pikler and Wild, with two age-based groups and a focus on self-directed play, movement and mindful guidance.
Small daycare center of the Kenntnisreich Group in Tempelhof (Bäumerplan 26) with capacity for 30 children; the program is primarily German-speaking and the facility opened in 2013.
The Global Village daycare is a bilingual (German/English) facility in Mariendorf with space for up to 110 children aged approximately 1 to 6 years. On a spacious site (including a petting zoo and a children's bakery) the children are supported in continent-themed groups with a special emphasis on language, musical and motor development.
The Notenzwerge daycare center in Tempelhof cares for up to 227 children from nursery age (from around eight weeks) until they start school. Educationally, the facility emphasizes music and art and works with elements of the Reggio Emilia approach; there is a separate nest area for the youngest children and a partly open preschool area.
The parent-run daycare Al Naml - The Ants on Dudenstraße offers intercultural, especially German-Arabic, education and inclusion for about 25 children aged approximately 1 to 6, with a strong emphasis on nature and a participatory approach to everyday life.
The Kita Grashüpferchen in Mariendorf (operator: Kita Grashüpferchen gGmbH) is a two-story facility on Mariendorfer Damm and, according to its own information, has space for 103 children aged about 1 to 6 years. Educational focuses are movement, everyday-integrated language support and early musical education; the facility lists available daycare places on its website.
The Chumani daycare center (operator: IKT Stadtindianer) cares for up to 45 children from six months of age in accordance with the Berlin Education Program and places a focus on inclusive education as well as physical activity, art, nature and health. The facility is located on the ground floor of a corner building and has its own outdoor area as well as a large open space in the courtyard.
The facility (listed on the Johanniter site as Kita Blickwinkel and in directories also as Kleine Insel) is an inclusive, Reggio Emilia- and workshop-oriented daycare in Alt-Tempelhof near Tempelhofer Feld. It cares for a mixed-age group of 19 children aged about 1 year up to school entry and offers full-day care.
The Kita Kitabär in Tempelhof-Schöneberg follows a holistic educational approach with a focus on physical activity (Kineo), early music education, healthy nutrition, and early English; it serves preschool-aged children.
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Many centers accept children from 8-12 months. Details are in the age groups (Under 3/Over 3) on profile pages.
Languages vary by center. Check the "Languages" field on the center profile page.
