The Sonnenhaus Waldorf kindergarten operates in a small half-timbered house with its own garden, providing full-day Waldorf educational care for children from around one and a half years old until they are ready to start school. The facility has a stated capacity of 36 places.
The IB-Kita Bucher Wichtel in Buch (Pankow district) is a full-day daycare centre with 200 places for children from 12 months up to school entry. The facility operates an open-concept programme in line with the Berlin Education Program and offers a large outdoor area with raised beds and nature-based play spaces.
The Zipfelmütze daycare in Pankow generally cares for children from their first year until they start school. The two-part facility (main building and new building) uses an open-plan layout with activity rooms and places an educational emphasis on music and movement.
The Garuda Kinderladen is a parent-run initiative founded in 2002 on Kreuzstraße near the Bürgerpark. The facility cares for usually 18 to 20 children aged about 2 to 6 in a shop-front apartment with a front garden and a backyard, and emphasizes communal involvement by the families.
Die Pankis operate several small day-care centers in Pankow; the facility on Heinrich-Böll-Straße cares for up to 30 children and supports children from their first year of life until they start school with individualized, family-supportive care. The facility is generally open from 07:00 to 17:00.
The daycare center Schlossparkzwerge in Niederschönhausen cares for children aged 0 to 6 and is run by Kindergärten NordOst. The facility is located near the Schlosspark, has a large garden, and offers morning and afternoon care (approx. 06:00-17:30).
The daycare center Kleine Raupe Nimmersatt in Pankow cares for children from age 1 until they start school on a full-day basis (06:00-18:00) and has special rooms such as a water room, children's kitchen and sports room as well as a large garden. The facility emphasizes individual support, acceptance and tolerance and cooperates, among others, with the Béla Bartók Music School.
The Schlossparkspatzen daycare center in Pankow is operated by the provider Kindergärten NordOst. The facility offers full-day care (06:00-18:00) for children aged 0 to 6, has 180 places, and makes musical early education its pedagogical focus.
The parish-operated St. Johannis daycare in Alt-Moabit cares for up to 75 children in five core groups (ages 1 year to school entry). The daycare follows a situational, semi-open approach in accordance with the Berlin Education Program, placing emphasis on language support (participation in the Sprach-Kita program) as well as on physical activity and nature-based play areas.
The integrative daycare center Schneckenhaus in Pankow cares for children aged approximately 1 to 6 and offers up to 200 places. The facility operates inclusively with a focus on physical activity and offers extended care hours.
