Childcare

For your child to be accepted by a municipal childcare facility, you must first meet a number of stipulations as specified by Bad Homburg’s city council. These guidelines also apply to all-day childcare services. It may be necessary for you to provide proof of your occupation (professional activity) and to complete the form provided below.

For information on the admission criteria of private childcare institutions, simply contact the institutions directly.

Your child may be accepted into a municipal nursery from the age of six months. Municipal nurseries apply various educational approaches. The website presentations of the individual institutions offer an overview of their approaches and services.

Your child may join a playschool (“Kindergarten”) from the age of three. The offers and educational concepts of these playschools vary from establishment to establishment.

For a first impression, simply visit the institutions’ websites. Some of the institutions also serve lunch.

Bad Homburg’s range of daycare facilities is supplemented by childminding services in accordance with § 29 of the Hessian State Child and Youth Welfare Code (Hessisches Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetzbuch (HKJGB)).

Childminding services provide education and care for children during daytime, provided as such by accredited childminders at their own domicile, the child’s parents’ domicile, or other suitable domiciles.

When employing a childminder, many aspects of the childcare to be provided may be individually agreed upon. Childminding is available for children of all age groups.

Daycare institutions and childminders have their own educational mandate. They support a child’s education alongside the family and promote the healthy development of the child by way of individual as well as general educational measures. Their tasks are to promote the intellectual, emotional and physical development of a child, to help improve its social skills and to provide all children with the same development opportunities. To successfully accomplish these tasks and ensure a continuous educational process, teachers and educators co-operate with parents as well as the childcare institutions and childminders involved in coordinating the child’s education and care.

Should you have any questions regarding the payment of municipal childcare fees or require a validation for the tax office, simply contact the municipal treasury (“Stadtkasse”).

Low-income families can request financial support from the city. A pamphlet with more information is available for download. Your contact is Ms. Ursula Sulzbach. Phone: 06172 / 100-5031.

Should you have any questions or comments regarding childcare services in Bad Homburg or need assistance with the (advance) registration procedures offered by the LITTLE BIRD online portal, simply send us an email:

mailto:Kinderbetreueunbad-homburgde

You may of course also make an appointment to call us or speak to us in person: