Focal points in plain language

There are many daycare centers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Some daycare centers have special focuses.

This means:
These daycare centers have special offers
for children and families.

We present special areas of focus here:

• Family centers
• plusKITAS
• Language daycare centers
• Recognized movement kindergartens
• Recognized movement kindergartens
  with Plus-Point Nutrition
• Wald-Kinder-Gärten

A family center is a special children's day facility.
This means:
The facility is for children.

But there are also many offers for parents.
For example:

• Help and advice for parents
• Conversations for parents
• Communal activities with children

In some places, families have little money or little support.
There, family centers can help:

• The children should learn a lot.
• The parents and children should live well together.
• And the parents should be able to work well.

So that everyone has the same opportunities.

Want more information about family centers?
Then you can go to this website:
Click here for more information about family centers!

You want to find a family center near you?
Then you can use the Kita-Finder NRW.

plusKITAS are special daycare facilities for children in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The word plus means:
These daycare centers receive more support.
There are more employees.

Children receive help with learning and speaking at an early age.
For example:

• Because they speak little German at home
• Because their families have little money
• Because they need special support

The children should have the same opportunities as other children.
The plusKITAS help the children especially with speaking and learning.
This gives the children better chances at school later on.

You want to find a plusKITA near you?
Then you can use the Kita-Finder NRW.

The children speak and sing a lot in the language daycare centers.
This helps them learn new words.
And practice the language in everyday life.

The children should be able to speak better.
Then the children can learn better.
And they can participate better.

You want to find a language daycare center near you?
Then you can use the Kita-Finder NRW.

In a children's activity garden, the children move a lot.
This is good for children's health.
The children should like to move and have fun doing so.

In the children's activity gardens, there are different activities every day.
This is how the children learn:

• How does my body feel?
• What can I do with my body?

The children also learn:

• How can I be healthy.
• How can I be active.

You want to find a movement kindergarten near you?
Then you can use the Kita-Finder NRW.

Some physical activity kindergartens have a nutrition plus point.
The children learn there:
Exercise and healthy eating belong together.
Both are important to stay healthy.

For example, they learn:

• Which foods are healthy?
• How to eat healthily?
• Why drinking is important?

Want more information about these physical activity kindergartens with a nutrition plus point?
You can go to this website:
https://www.bewegungskindergarten-nrw.de
This website is written in difficult language.

You want to find a physical activity kindergarten with Plus-Point Nutrition in your area?
You can use the Kita-Finder NRW for this.

In the forest children's garden, the children are in the forest every day.
The children play and learn in nature.
This is good for the children's bodies and health.

The children learn:

• Why nature is important.
• How to treat nature well.
• How to be kind to other people.

The children also learn:

• You have to take care of nature.
• You have to be careful with things from nature.

You want to find a forest children's garden near you?
You can use the Kita-Finder NRW for this.