EKT Bunte Mischung in Kreuzberg is a parent-initiated children's co-op/childcare center that offers mixed-age care for children from about one year old until they start school. Its main focuses are movement-oriented activities and a situational approach to pedagogy; meals are, according to the organization, prepared fresh daily (partly organic).
German-Italian parent-initiated children's daycare in Kreuzberg (Girotondo), which cares for around 30 children and accepts registrations from about age 2; the care is bilingual (German/Italian).
Kita Kunterbunt 1 in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a small, parent-run facility on the ground floor of an old corner building with a maximum of 30 places, organized into two same-age groups (nursery/preschool). The facility accepts children from around one year of age and regularly offers care Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The children's cooperative Macht Nix is a parent-run daycare in Kreuzberg that was established in the 1980s and has two age-separated groups (the Little group for 1-3-year-olds and the Big group for 3-6-year-olds). The facility is partly inclusive, offers vegetarian meals prepared by its own cook, and is open all day.
Parent-run daycare in the Bergmannkiez with a small group (15 places), caring for children from one year old until they start school. The facility emphasizes participatory pedagogy, contact with nature, and an organic vegetarian lunch.
Parent-run daycare in Kreuzberg (Jüterboger Straße 8) that cares for mixed-age groups of children approximately 1 to 6 years old and offers full-day care.
The FRÖBEL Kindergarten Schatzinsel in Berlin-Mitte cares for up to 234 children (admissions from around one year old) with extended opening hours in central Berlin; the facility operates participatively and emphasizes individual settling-in and multilingual and everyday cultural offerings.
The daycare center El Mundo de los Niños at Fehrbelliner Straße 51 is part of a German-Spanish childcare provider and operates bilingually (Spanish/German). The facility is housed in a converted coach house, offers organic vegetarian meals for children, and, according to the provider, has capacity for around 65 places across several groups.
The Sonnenblümchen daycare in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a language-focused preschool that follows Montessori and situational approaches; it places an emphasis on German language support while also imparting Islamic values.
Kindervilla Waldemar is an intercultural daycare and family center on Markgrafenstraße (Kreuzberg) that cares for children from about 11 months until school entry and offers family services on site. The facility emphasizes multilingualism and intercultural education, with staff who, in addition to German, speak Turkish or Kurdish as their mother tongues.
