Registration: You can apply by filling in the online form or you can call us: 044 451 04 42.
Visitng the Nursery: We will contact you as soon as possible after you have successfully registered and arrange a meeting at the Nursery for you to look around. This way, you will get a chance to see our beautiful location and meet the Day Care manager, as well as the team in person.
Subsidies: In the meantime, you can take care of all the aspects regarding subsidies.
Settling In: Since children have highly individual needs, we will customize the settling in process to the needs of your child.
Day Care: The regular day care will start after your child has successfully gone through the familiarization process.
The city of Zurich pays for a part of the Nursery place, depending on the amount of your income.
On www.stadt-zuerich.ch you can find all the relevant information about subsidies. Please fill in the relevant information including the “Beitragsfaktorbestätigung” and the “Bestätigung des subventionsberechtigten Betreuungsumfangs”. We need both these forms to be able to offer you a subsidized place.
In Affoltern, we are located within only a few meters from the “Einfangstrasse” bus stop which is served by three separate bus lines.
Each child begins his or her individual settling-in period in separate short stages and accompanied by a parent, staying longer stage after stage depending on how he or she feels, slowly, but steadily allowing a trustful relationshipt to form between the child, his or her parents and his or her carer. During the settling-in period the child learns, supported by his or her parents and carer, how to settle into his or her nursery group. We thank parents for taking plenty of time together with their child to settle in at our nursery. The following approach shows how we usually proceed to complete the settling-in process within about two weeks. Where a child needs more time than planned, the settling-in period can always be extended.
1st step: Initial stage (1 to 3/4 days)
2nd step: Separation stage (no sooner than on the 4th day)
3rd step: Stabilization stage (4 to 8 days)
4th step: Final stage (on the 9th and 10th day)
During the initial stage (first to third day of settling in), the child and his or her parents are not separated. The parents and their child are on the nursery’s premises together, familiarizing themselves with the new environment and becoming acquainted with the carers. The first, about 15-minute only, separation takes place on the fourth day at the earliest. Only after the final stage has been completed will the child stay in the nursery’s care throughout the day. The settling-in period ends only after the child has established a firm relationship with his or her personal carer. This process takes more than two weeks to complete. The consolidation of this relationship is an ongoing process that takes place every day at the nursery, until complete confidence has been established. After three months, parents and carers meet to review and analyze the child’s progress; this exchange of information and opinions also helps us in our ongoing efforts to offer the best settling-in period possible.
We are open from 07:00 to 18:30 from Monday to Friday.
We offer all preschool and kindergarten age children supplementary all-day care on the basis of a comprehensive and clear care concept – irrespective of gender, nationality and creed.
A solid educational foundation
Our main concern: We provide room and establish a framework for your child’s well-being, offering him or her familiar activities and rituals in a world of security, joy and inspiration that give him or her a sense of safety and appreciation and that are indispensable for his or her healthy, self-determined development. Doing this, we listen to your child’s needs, responding to them individually, and in accordance with his or her development stage.
Close cooperation with the parents
There can be no childcare without a trustful atmosphere characterized by mutual respect. That is why in this process, you, the parents, are our most important partners. We appreciate your feedback, and we pay attention to your wishes and your child’s individual needs. Also, we regularly provide you with comprehensive updates on his or her well-being and progress – as well as on our care work. In return, we thank you for respecting our day care nursery’s rules as well. Our rules are comprehensive, guarantee your child’s well-being and cover all aspects of progressive all-day care.
You will find our complete care concept here.
Yes, our annual schedule forms the basis of our daily work with the kids. Our distinguishing features include, in addition to our areas of learning in our day-to-day practice, which are freely available, and “BULG” education (educational and learning stories), our daily strolls and forest outings, where we follow our motto: “Let the kids experience on their own how in spring the flowers come out of hibernation, how in summer the butterflies dance above the meadows in full bloom, how in fall/autumn the trees shed their multicolored leaves, and how in winter everything outside is covered in white castor sugar.”
You will find our complete annual schedule here:
Each day is as individual as your child. Regularly recurring activities and daily rituals are very important for your child’s development. Here is a look at a typical day at our day care nursery:
| 07:00h: | Kinderparadies Day Care Nursery opens. |
| 07:00h to 09:00h: Drop-off time |
The carer talks with the person accompanying the child and attends the goodbyes with empathy. The child is then allowed to “go about his/her business.” |
| 07:45h to 08:30h: | The kids enjoy a hearty breakfast buffet. |
| 09:00h to 09:15h: | In the relevant permanent groups, the Morning Circle kicks off. |
| 09:15h to 10:45h: | This activity block is varied. Each day, the children spend at least a certain amount of time outdoors. |
| 10:45h to 11:15h: | Accompanied by his or her personal carer, the child is supported in practicing age-appropriate daily personal hygiene. After that, the children meet in a circle to conclude the morning together with a round of exercise. |
| 11:15h to 12:00h: | Lunch is delivered fresh by our licenced chef. The permanent groups enjoy lunch together. |
| 12:00h to 14:00h: | Brushing of teeth, midday nap, and rest and relaxation. |
| 14:00h to 15:30h: | This activity block is varied. Each day, the children spend at least a certain amount of time outdoors. |
| 15:30h to 16:00h: | The permanent groups enjoy their “Zvieri” (afternoon snack). |
| 16:00h: | Child pick-up time starts. The carer informs the parents about the day’s events and what their child has experienced and says goodbye to the family. |
| 16:15h to 17:45h: | The kids are allowed to return to their activities. |
| 17:45h to 18:20h: | Everyone pitches in clearing up, and then concludes the day enjoing a light veggie snack. The parents are informed about their child’s activities of the day up to 10 minutes before the nursery closes. |
| 18:30h: | Kinderparadies Day Care Nursery closes. |
“BuLg” (Educational and learning stories) is a resource-driven observation and documentation concept which serves as a work tool for child daycare professionals to identify the children’s interests and abilities and to guide and support them in their learning efforts.
We offer the kids seven areas of learning which they can use at their discretion.
In our areas of learning, each child is given the opportunity to follow his or her own needs and strengths, thus establishing his or her own learning processes.
We always strive to support the children in our care in their learning processes and abilities – by placing seven areas of learning at their free disposal. Each of these areas enables the kids to manage their own learning processes by allowing them to focus on their individual needs and strengths.
Our 7 areas of learning:
We have furnished all of our rooms with child-friendly materials and furniture to ensure that the kids can pursue their activities independently. The materials in each area of learning are regularly updated according to the children’s changing interests and needs.
All our meals are prepared fresh daily. It is our aim to provide your child with a varied, healthy and seasonal diet.
We offer nursery places from one to five days per week.
We do not close for holidays, except for around Christmas and New Year’s Day we do close for a few days every year.
Please find an overview of when the nursery is closed here:
You will find a day care place for your child in one of our two mixed-age groups. We welcome all children of between three months of age and kindergarten age.
It is basically the parents’ responsibility to obtain sufficient health, accident and liability insurance. For events and accidents that the care facility may be held liable for, the day care nursery has obtained extensive liability insurance.
Yes, of course. Our day care manager will be happy to give you more information.
In order to protect the other children, sick children cannot be taken care of in the nursery.
The rates at the Nursery are the same for every month, independent of the number of days the particular month has. Absences caused by illness, bank holidays or vacation are taken into account in the all-inclusive price.
Die Betreuungskosten sinn pauschal für jeden Monat gleich, unabhängig davon, wie viele Tage der Monat hat. Absenzen durch Krankheit, Feiertage und Ferien sind im Pauschalpreis inbegriffen.
