We offer every Thursday gym classes for our younger and older toddlers, so they can discover the world around them through movement and exercise. Gym stimulates their motor skills. They also attend music lessons and cooking classes, taught by our very own domestic help. Our children use the communal hallway for everything from scrambling and clambering to looking after our plants and snails.
Outdoor play is healthy for children, and we let them run around outdoors in our newly designed yard whenever the weather allows it. Did you know that children tend to learn and play differently indoors than they do outdoors? All the features in our yard are designed to encourage this creative outdoor play, ranging from a bike track to a living willow tunnel for hiding to a vegetable garden, where they are introduced to the wonders of nature.
We are located in Zeist’s town center – right in the friendly heart of our community!
Explore the unique childcare at Kindergarden Hortensialaan
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Baby garden
Babies can enjoy the fresh air in complete safety in their own sheltered baby garden area. And the older children can play hide-and-seek to their heart’s content in the willow tunnel or in the sandpit, or race around on small bicycles or carts.
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Music lessons
We offer our children weekly music lessons. It’s especially important for the youngest children, as music helps them interact socially and builds confidence.
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Toddler gymnastics
Toddlers love exercise, as this enables them to discover their bodies through play. That’s why we do this every Thursday with them during our toddler gymnastics. We use stories to get the children moving and challenge them to make their own contributions.
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Older toddlers
Our older toddler group focuses on each toddler’s specific developmental needs. We aim to promote self-reliance and challenge them to do as much for themselves as possible, as that will be really useful when they start school!
On our childcare center, we have horizontal groups
Every child lives in a world where everything impresses – and everything has an impact. That is why we work with horizontal groups at our childcare locations.
Our childcare through the eyes of a parent
Kindergarden Hortensialaan is the place where my son feels really at home and enjoys playing with his friends. All the professional staff offer lots of different activities throughout the day and he comes home with so many enthusiastic stories. The reports with photos of each day are also great to read and see via the parent app. I’m always delighted that I can take a happy and cheerful child back home.
Childcare rates 2024
Rate per hour: € 11,32
Hot lunch
Freshly and warmly prepared lunch and baby snacks.
Diapers
Diapers and baby wipes by Pampers and Naty, and Naïf and Sudocrem care products.
Formula
Follow-up and growing-up formula by Nutrilon, Hipp Bio, Biobim and Pure Goat Company.
Pacifiers & bottles
Pacifiers and bottles by MAM, Difrax, Bibs, Avent and Dr. Brown.
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Opening hours
Monday to Friday: from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm
Frequently asked questions about our childcare
To increase the chances of securing a spot, we recommend enrolling your child as soon as possible at our childcare. We take your preferences into account during our planning and strive to fulfill your wishes to the best of our ability.
That depends on various factors including preferred days, how many days you need, and how flexible you are. For example, the likelihood of a placement becoming available for one day is greater than three or four days becoming available in one go. The more flexible you are as a parent, the greater the likelihood that we will be able to offer you a place.
If you’re seeking a place quickly, we’d be happy to look at the options available in our schedule. At the busier locations, we often work approximately four months ahead, so it can take some time before you hear from us. If there’s a waiting list, we rely on cancellations/schedule changes for new places to become available.
Are you pregnant and looking for a place in the longer term? We have horizontal groups at Kindergarden and this affects how far ahead we can plan. Horizontal means that children move on to the next group at a certain time. As we take a child’s development and age and the days that a child spends at the daycare center into account, we plan four to six months ahead, depending on how busy the center is. A schedule can also change a lot. Factors that influence this include registration of siblings (they are given priority), schedule changes for children who already have a placement (switching days or increasing the number of days), and cancellations.