https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Germany wants to improve pre-school care across the country and reduce costs for families. But how does each state plan to do it? https://www.thelocal.de/20190731/explained-how-each-german-state-is-planning-to-improve-childcare-and-lower-costs-for-families-kita-kindergarten Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:51:23 +0200 explained-how-each-german-state-is-planning-to-improve-childcare-and-lower-costs-for-families-kita-kindergarten Firefighters were called into a kindergarten in Frankfurt on Tuesday after ten baby snakes were discovered on the premises. https://www.thelocal.de/20180814/ten-baby-boa-constrictors-found-in-kindergarten Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:55:11 +0200 ten-baby-boa-constrictors-found-in-kindergarten From free kindergarten places to cheaper train travel, there are a few things that are set to change in Germany when July turns to August next week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180726/everything-that-changes-in-germany-in-august-2018 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:51:13 +0200 everything-that-changes-in-germany-in-august-2018 Expats parents in Berlin are finding that they have to stay at home with their children rather than go back to work due to a lack of Kita spots. The Local looks into the capital's kindergarten crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20180524/how-a-childcare-crisis-is-leaving-berlin-parents-stuck-at-home-with-their-kids Thu, 24 May 2018 12:53:44 +0200 how-a-childcare-crisis-is-leaving-berlin-parents-stuck-at-home-with-their-kids In August the Mokita Kindergarten is set to open in Frankfurt, offering parents the chance to send their children to a preschool where there are no meat, egg or dairy products on the menu. The concept has come in for heavy criticism from city politicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20180314/germanys-first-vegan-kindergarten-progressive-education-or-physical-abuse Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:14:02 +0100 germanys-first-vegan-kindergarten-progressive-education-or-physical-abuse The care of preschool children in Germany is steadily improving, but only one state is hitting recommended standards for the teacher-to-child ratio, a new study finds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170828/these-are-the-best-places-in-germany-to-send-your-kids-to-kindergarten Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:46:48 +0200 these-are-the-best-places-in-germany-to-send-your-kids-to-kindergarten Should preschoolers have a say in their day care routines? A new kindergarten in northern Germany is taking the idea to a new level. https://www.thelocal.de/20170612/germanys-first-democratic-kindergarten-gives-tiny-tots-a-vote Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:45:26 +0200 germanys-first-democratic-kindergarten-gives-tiny-tots-a-vote A protest by Muslim parents against a gay man looking after their children at a Kindergarten has led to a public debate in the liberal capital city. https://www.thelocal.de/20170329/muslim-parents-protest-after-gay-berlin-man-hired-to-raise-their-kids Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:40:01 +0200 muslim-parents-protest-after-gay-berlin-man-hired-to-raise-their-kids The city-state of Hamburg has dragged the federal government before the Constitutional Court over a law, nicknamed the 'stove bonus', which offers parents money for not sending their children to Kindergarten. https://www.thelocal.de/20150414/hamburg-goes-to-court-over-cooker-bonus Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:34:38 +0200 hamburg-goes-to-court-over-cooker-bonus Police in northern Bavaria said on Friday that a man arrested at the start of the year had robbed 27 different kindergartens throughout the region. https://www.thelocal.de/20150116/bavaria-police-nab-serial-kindergarten-thief-lower-franconia-crime-funny-weird Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:16:09 +0100 bavaria-police-nab-serial-kindergarten-thief-lower-franconia-crime-funny-weird As many as one in five young people leave school in Germany without basic literacy skills, according to a report commissioned by the government. https://www.thelocal.de/20120622/43323 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:13:00 +0200 43323 A four-year-old in Cologne took it upon himself to leave his home on Saturday morning at 6 am and go alone to his kindergarten. https://www.thelocal.de/20111113/38845 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:15:00 +0100 38845 German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has unveiled plans to train jobless men to work as nursery helpers, with the aim of having at least one man at each kindergarten in the future. https://www.thelocal.de/20110115/32443 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:18:00 +0100 32443 Salary negotiations for around 220,000 kindergarten teachers and social education workers in the public sector are to enter the final round in Frankfurt on Sunday, a union spokeswoman announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20090726/20829 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:51:00 +0200 20829