Forest City Families
Inspiration for strong families
The ‘Waldstadt Families’ support team, a digital advice and education service provided by the City of Eberswalde, offers comprehensive and transparent support for families. Qualified educational professionals provide expert guidance to families and offer reliable support on all matters relating to parenting.
The programme addresses topics from everyday life at nursery and within the family. Articles on sleep, tantrums, media use and changing nurseries are just a selection of the content to come.
The ‘Waldstadtfamilien’ programme includes monthly blog posts, digital parents’ evenings and educational resources for strong families, thereby providing a reliable point of contact for families in Eberswalde.
The idea originated from the neighbourhood nursery support programme run by the ‘Gestiefelter Kater’ nursery in the Brandenburgisches Viertel. Social education worker Aileen Schulze was looking for a way to address the concerns of individual parents more transparently and make this information available to a wider community of parents. This led to the creation of ‘Waldstadtfamilien – Inspiration for Strong Families’.
The team has since grown. Yvonne Rohde (Head of the ‘Sputnik’ nursery) and Katja Zehm (Head of the ‘An der Zaubernuss’ nursery) have joined the expert team. We are currently working on anonline themed evening on the topic of ‘Children’s needs’. A date for this will be announced shortly.
Further information and content will follow shortly.
Save the Date - erster Online-Elternabend
am 19. Januar 2027, um 18 Uhr bis 19:30 Uhr
„Kleine Menschen, große Bedürfnisse - ein Familienabend über das, was den Alltag entspannter macht“, Impulsgebende: Katja Zehm und Yvonne Rohde
Wir laden herzlich zum ersten Online-Familienabend ein.
Teilnehmende dürfen Impulse rund um das Thema „Bedürfnisse von Kindern“ erwarten:
Was sind eigentlich Bedürfnisse? Wann ist eine Unterscheidung zwischen Bedürfnis und Wunsch sinnvoll? Was tun, wenn die Bedürfnisse der Kinder mit den Bedürfnissen der Bezugspersonen kollidieren?
Ein Link zur Teilnahme wird hier veröffentlicht.
Wir freuen uns auf Sie!
Blog posts for strong families
Insights into topics that matter to families: Here you’ll find regular blog posts by early years professionals to help with your everyday family life.
A conflict between parents and children– a post by media educator and nursery teacher Gina-Marie Block (after-school club ‘Die coolen Füchse’)
‘How we support children about to start school in our centres’– an article by nursery manager Katja Zehm (nursery ‘An der Zaubernuss’)
“My child doesn’t want to go to nursery today”– an article by nursery manager Katja Zehm (‘An der Zaubernuss’ nursery)
“When sleep becomes a problem”– A reflection on the topic of sleep by Lucia Dietze, Head of the ‘Löwenherz’ nursery
When new nursery children protest after completing the settling-in period– A reflection on settling-in by Katja Zehm, Head of the “An der Zaubernuss” nursery.
“The strength of Eberswalde’s clubs and why children benefit from them”- A presentation by Felix Rödl, Officer for Community Engagement and Club Life, and Aileen Schulze, social education worker and neighbourhood specialist at the ‘Gestiefelter Kater’ nursery
“We Are a Forest Town – How the Woods Surrounding Eberswalde Can Support Children’s Development”– a presentation by Yvonne Rohde and Britta Boldt from the “Sputnik” nursery
“But I don’t want to – Toni is angry”– a presentation by Aileen Schulze, social education worker and neighbourhood specialist at the “Gestiefelter Kater” nursery
Resources for home use
The ‘Family Council’ method helps us to create time and space for one another amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It enables us to talk to one another, discuss matters and find compromises and solutions together. Children learn to communicate their needs. They see that parents, too, have needs and feelings. This method helps to foster a democratic mindset.
‘Seeing and being seen’ as well as ‘listening and being heard’ are the core elements of a childhood that instils democratic values in children from an early age.
Have fun giving it a go!
Family Council
Guidance on the ‘Family Council’