Further training

Professional early education practice is characterized by high-quality interactions between educational professionals and children. High-quality interactions have a positive impact on children's learning and educational processes and contribute to equal opportunities. Effective quality assurance and development is based on systematically validated standards that can bring about lasting change in educational practice.

Participation is an integral part of education agreements and education plans. "Genuine" participation of children means creating participatory everyday structures and working together with children in an exploratory, dialogical and responsive manner, recognizing children as "experts for themselves", taking them seriously, listening to them and also giving them power. Participation is also a success factor for institutional child protection and the implementation of children's rights.

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Observation and documentation of children's educational and developmental processes are a central basis for successful pedagogical action. Professional observation and documentation practices enable the development-related and individual planning of support and learning opportunities for children (groups), the recording of children's individual perspectives and the organization of well-founded discussions with parents and families.

Professional pedagogical action begins where the everyday life of the child is brought into focus. Numerous educational opportunities present themselves in everyday life or in recurring routine situations that are accompanied by the educational professionals: Educational opportunities as well as eating and care situations are suitable for talking about personal preferences, needs, eating habits or sensory experiences and for deepening interactions among children and between children and educational professionals.

Children today are born and grow up in a digitalized world. Digital skills are essential if they are to find their way around and take advantage of future opportunities. The task of primary education is to help children get to know and understand digital elements in our environment and to provide impetus for digital education processes accordingly.

Children today are born and grow up in a digitalized world. Digital skills are essential if they are to find their way around and take advantage of future opportunities. The task of primary education is to help children get to know and understand digital elements in our environment and to provide impetus for digital education processes accordingly.

Early mathematical education comes to light in various facets of everyday teaching (counting, sorting, dividing). It is important that children gain diverse experiences in all mathematical content areas, understand basic mathematical concepts and immerse themselves in the world of mathematical concepts. Mathematical education can be stimulated and supported as part of everyday life.

Building as a facet of technical education is a fundamental part of children's play. In order for children to learn about the laws of physics when building and constructing and to realize that they can (co-)design their environment, educational professionals must provide space, time, materials and their knowledge or help. Joint construction games also provide the opportunity for stimulating dialogs that playfully expand the children's vocabulary.

Music is a cultural means of expression that opens up a wide range of fun interaction opportunities with children. Children are interested in the sounds and noises of their environment and have innate musical abilities that can be deepened with the help of specific stimuli. Musical activities can also be used to translate soundscapes into movement in order to provide children with essential stimuli for their development and their own physical experiences.