Our Playgroups

Nature is a perfect place to play and learn for holistic and healthy child development. A positive attitude towards life is conveyed through joy and respect for the environment. There are many ideas to get involved with nature such as common tools. Encountering nature, learning in a group in the open air offers a wealth of emotional and sensual experiences - all year round. These experiences not only help children to have a direct relationship with nature, a stable system of perception and a mature body awareness but also support them on their way to become independent individuals.

Naturspielraum has been offering a wide range of courses for both young and older children; and also experiences for the whole family for over ten years.

Our offer focuses on different needs of children depending on their age:

Mini Forest Elves are for children from 18 months to two and a half years old while accompanied by their mum or dad
Forest- and Garden Playgroups are for children from the age of two and a half till kindergarten
Natural Workshop is suitable for children already attending kindergarten or primary school

In our Nature Playgroups children have the opportunity to get to know forest and garden filled with their magic and secrets together with other children. In the spacious living space of nature, children can make their first contacts and learn to move around in a group. We roam through woods and meadows, experience adventures, learn, discover, feel, wonder, explore, appreciate and understand with all our senses. The house of our Forest Gnome offers protection and security after discovery trips or in adverse weather conditions.

Our Nature Workshop includes a wide range of courses: what can you do with a stick, how do you build a hotel for wild bees, how are colors made from plants, what do you have to consider when carving, how to light a fire and cook something delicious and much more... There is so much to discover and learn. This offer is also suitable for children who are tired of kindergarten or overwhelmed and who want to spend time in nature to find themselves again. It's amazing how quickly aggression and fear can turn into positive energy.

Check our offer! It is worth it!

Garden Playgroup

Every Thursday from 9am to 1.30pm children are out and about in our garden all year round.

The garden is a perfect place to play and learn. Here small children can develop holistically and healthily. They get to know the cycle of nature by playing and exploring. Through the emotional contact with nature children are supported on their way to becoming independent individuals.

Forest Playgroup

A piece of wood becomes a hammer, long sticks become a roof, ropes become a swing and a slope becomes a natural slide. We listen to the drumming of woodpeckers, observe tits, robins, nuthatches and follow animal tracks. Our Forest Gnome tells us stories and is happy about the curiosity of the little forest visitors. There are no limits to their creativity. In our play group we try to teach children a conscious and responsible approach to nature.

Nature Workshop

Our nature workshop enables the kindergarten and lower school children to develop their relationship with nature.
We spend three hours together in the garden. We learn from and in nature through stories, games and works of nature.
We prepare an afternoon meal together with children.

Mini Forest Elves

For children from 17 months to 2 1/2 accompanied by an adult.

Every Wednesday from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in Spring we take little ones out into the garden and discover nature.

Dear Families!

We love wild children! Nature, free play outside, unscheduled, uncontrolled time is important for mental, spiritual and physical balance. They slow things down. Children feel independent.

A lot of freedom in their actions helps them to develop holistically.