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.
The facility (Pretty World - Kita 5) on Friedenstraße is part of the independent provider Pretty World gGmbH and provides childcare in accordance with the Berlin Education Programme. The daycare offers care from the age of one until school entry and has a total capacity of 120 places; waiting list registrations are submitted online.
Die Kükenbande 4 is a daycare center operated by the provider Center Lingual in Marienfelde (Tempelhof-Schöneberg) that has offered full-day care and early childhood education since its reopening in 2020.
StarKids Mariendorf is a daycare center that opened in 2022 in Tempelhof-Schöneberg and offers a total of 140 places. The facility follows a pedagogy of diversity and places great emphasis on interculturalism and on linguistic and cultural openness.
The daycare center HAPPYloca in Lichtenrade is a small, family-oriented facility with 25 places in two groups (a crèche for 1-3-year-olds and a preschool section for 3-6-year-olds). It follows, among other things, Montessori and situational approaches and provides child-appropriate meals; the regular opening hours are on weekdays in the morning/around midday (see provider information).
Naturdetektive Kita Marienfelder is a nature-oriented daycare center in Marienfelde with an indoor area of around 380 m², an outdoor area of approximately 450 m² and a total of 47 places. The facility cares for children from the age of one until they start school and places an emphasis on nature-based educational programs.
The Mariendorfer Teddys daycare (operator: GKJ-Berlin) is a bilingual German-Spanish facility in Mariendorf with an educational focus on STEM topics. It cares for up to 98 children from around one year old until school entry and includes, among other things, a rooftop garden for hands-on nature experiences.
Small daycare in Mariendorf with 21 places that offers mixed-age groups and an open pedagogical approach; admission possible from around 12 months.
The Kita Kinder Wunderland in Marienfelde is an intercultural daycare center that follows the situational approach and places emphasis on aesthetic education, physical activity, and nature and environmental education. The facility operates bilingually (German/Russian).
The Kita Mary Poppinz Britz in Berlin-Britz is a newly established kindergarten with a focus on sustainability and digital education. Provider information and directories list care for children aged approximately 1 to 6 years and a total capacity of 139 places.
Small, family-oriented daycare in Lichtenrade (since October 2023) with 21 places in two groups; focus on language, healthy eating, and lots of time in the large garden.
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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.
