English playgroup

A fun activity group for English speaking families with children 6 – 18 months.

The focus of the group is to have fun whilst improving skills in areas such as language skills, hand-eye coordination, shape recognition and motor skills. We try to offer a structured environment and supportive atmosphere not only for group activities but also for when the children do things on their own. Naturally, due to the children’s age, we leave room to do as much of an activity as they like and parents are asked to help where their children need it.

Each session begins with a song and one or more nursery rhymes / childrens songs. If the group is interested we can primarily use German songs to improve your German skills and to prepare the children for the German Kita / Kindergarten. Each week there will be different toys and equipment on offer in the centre of our group room. Children are invited to explore those things on their own and use their imagination and skills to play with them instead of getting too many grown-up instructions. While the children play, we talk about different topics the group leader has prepared or topics that are of common interest in the group. Naturally there will be lots of differences between how things are done in your home country and how things work in Germany. It will be helpful to exchange experiences between families and get the advice of the group leader. At the end of the class we sing a few more songs, sometimes we even dance and we also do some easy crafty activities once in a while (depending on the age of the children).