About us

Who we are

Our competent and qualified team consists of certified teachers and teaching assistants, such as

  • Master graduates
  • Preschool teachers
  • Montessori teachers
  • Music teacher
  • Children’s nurse
  • Childcare workers
  • Remedial teacher
  • Yoga teacher
  • Preschool Teacher
  • Interns
  • Secretary
  • Chef
  • Cleaner

which come from more than 10 nations.

One group is looked after by three qualified employees. In the bilingual groups, there are native speakers who teach the children a foreign language or help to improve the child’s knowledge of their mother tongue through play.

In addition to looking after and nurturing your children, it is the job of our team to perform an evaluation of your child’s development on a quarterly basis if you so wish and to guarantee regular feedback between you and the employees.

We hold regular in-house seminars to train our employees and to ensure that the Mini-Mäuse philosophy is implemented.

 

All of our employees should enjoy working here and be enthusiastic about their work. That is why we offer the following preventative health care benefits free of charge:

  • Back clinic
  • Pilates
  • Zumba
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Nutritional advice
  • Advice on stopping smoking

In addition, every employee receives a Job-Ticket travel card to provide them with free environmentally friendly travel around the Bonn region.

Since the balance of work and family life is very important to us at Mini-Mäuse, it is only logical that our employees’ children are looked after free of charge here.

Our management

Ann-Kristin Walzik

School education

2001-2007
Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium

2007-2010
Gymnasium Schloss Hagerhof

2012-2015
Pedagogy Bachelor Degree, University of Koblenz

2015-2019
Curative Education Master’s program, Alauns Hochschule, extra occupational

Further education

2017
Seminar “Personality and Interaction”

2017
Seminar “Protecting children from sexual violence”

2017
The last year in the day care center, basics of developmental psychology of 5-6 year olds

2018
Children with autism in the KiTa

2018
Sustainable KiTa – with children active for the world

2018
Haus der kleinen Forscher – Research on water in nature and technology

Professional background

2011-2018
House and group management at Mini-Mäuse

since 2018
Educational management at Mini-Mäuse

Ulla Aichner

School education

1966-1972
Gymnasium der Stadt Brackwede

1972-1974
Higher Business School Kalt / Eifel,
Degree: Fachhochschulreife

Professional background

1975-1979
Training as a state-recognized educator

1995-1997
Training as a consultant “Client-centered Therapy after C. Rogers”

2010-2013
Training as a systemic consultant / family therapist

1979-1980
Group leader at Kath. Kindergarten St. Marien in Cologne

1990-1994
Station management in the Caritas dormitory for the disabled in Würselen

1995-2001
Head of the kindergarten “Roda Kindertreff e.V.” in Herzogenrath

2001-2002
Freelance work as a counselor for ADHD for parents and educators, as well as educational counseling

since März 2002
Socio-educational family assistance, since 2007 director of this area in Francis House in Geilenkirchen

since 2013
Educational management at Mini-Mäuse

Barbara Klein

School education

1978-1987
Gymnasium der Stadt Rüthen

Zusatzqualifikationen

2013
“Mut zur Auseinandersetzung – Konfliktgespräche als Chance”

2013-2014
“Entspannungspädagogin für Kinder IfSE” bei stb-coaching Stephan Bauer

2014
Entspannungspädagogin für “Gemeinsame Entspannung für Eltern und Kinder”

2014
“Partizipation in Kindertageseinrichtungen – so gelingt Demokratiebildung mit Kinder”

2014-2015
“Fachwirten im Erziehungswesen” Qualitätsmanagementsystem, zertifiziert nach ISO 9001:2008

2015
Seminar “Elterngespräche”

2015
“B.A.S.E – Gruppenleiterin” – Babybeobachtung gegen Aggresion und Angst zur Förderung von Sensivität und Empathie

2016
Seminar “Der Raum als dritter Erzieher”

Professional background

1987-1991
Training as a state-recognized educator

1991-1992
Educator at the city of Warstein

1992-1994
Educator St. Pankratius in Warstein / Belecke

1994-2003
My two kids were born

2003-2012
Independent business activity and course management for children and adult courses in creative design

2013-2014
Educator at the cath. Daycare facilities Hellweg gGmbh

2014
Moving to the Rhineland

2014-2016
Construction and management of a day care center in Bonn

2017
Construction and management of a day care center in Cologne

since 2017
Educational management at Mini-Mäuse and development of the day care of Mini-Mäuse

“We want to shape the future now in order to ensure that the world remains ecologically, economically and socially intact for everyone.” Mini-Mäuse is committed to this important goal set out by the Haus der kleinen Forscher (Little Scientists’ House) foundation and regularly sends its employees on training courses relating to this great project so that they can then convey sensitivity and knowledge to the children when dealing with energy and environmental issues.