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Introduction by Dr. Ilse Wehrmann: People learn durig their entire lives. Curiosity is the engine which moves us to learn new things again and again. The question ”why“ is an expression of this . Children’s curiousity helps them to deal with things and .... from their environment which are still unknown to them and to obtain new information in many different ways. This book provides playfull help for children from the earliest age to school age in their curiousity and eagerness to explore.

The department for social services at the unviersity of applied sciences in Koblenz held a symposium on the topic “(Dreams) of Educational Freedom from the start – Early childhood education as social work” on 24 April 2010. Political necessities, improvement of the structural quality in day care centers and dependable child care, education, services and nurturing of all children are only a few examples of the goals in the work of Dr. Ilse Wehrmann.

Last year municipally operated child day care centers went on a weeks long strike.
What did the strike accomplish, is yet another labor conflict meaningful and what are the specialists fighting for?

During a two day workshop experts exchanged experiences from the implementation of educational plans in various federal states. The requirements for successful reform processes through educational plans were discussed.

Communication through language is one of man s greatest achievements. It requires the ability to learn to speak in order to express oneself and understand others. The importance of communication in child care facilities must be realized and implemented in daily practice.

The expansion of nursery facilities in Germany is in progress, professionals must address new challenges on a daily basis, especially in the 0-3 age group. The extensive development must be accompanied by recognition and implementation of the importance and tasks in the work with children under 3 years with a view to the development of the quality of early childhood education.

Radio discussion 16.09.2009, 17.05 hrs, SWR2 Forum in SWR2
Participants: Christel Humme, deputy chairman of the SPD Bundestag fraction, Berlin Prof. Dr. Thomas Rauschenbach, Director of the German Youth Institute, Munich, Dr. Ilse Wehrmann, Educator and independent consultant in the area of early childhood education, Bremen
Moderator: Anja Braun
Pro-child platforms are commonplace in politics, particularly during election campaigns. All parties pledge to create more child care places in nurseries and day care centers. In order to make sure that even infants will get good starting chances. And since brain research has shown us that the time windows for imparting knowledge are already open when most children are still in the sandbox, the culture ministers have placed early childhood education on their banners: day care centers and kindergartens are to be turned into centers of pre-school education. Thus far, however, real efforts have been made only for increasing the number of places. Questions concerning quality and the future availability of better educated chaild care workers and smaller groups are left unanswered. Will everything stay the same? Podcast (MP3, 20,4 MB)

Brake (pl). Bringing children, family and professional life under one hat appears to be more difficult than ever before, says Dr. Ilse Wehrmann, Expert for early childhood education. What the country needs is a nationally regulated Marshall plan for education as only a violent act of power can effectively eliminate the deficits imposed in the area of education, child care services and early childhood education in the last decade.

Kreiszeitung Wesermarsch, 13 August 2009
http://www.kreiszeitung-wesermarsch.de/index.php?arid=208245&pageid=83

Germany’s child care workers are on strike. They demand more money and health protection. their daily routine is dominated by: loud noises. Nevertheless, they are still smiling –the demands on child care workers are growing, but they are not compensated accordingly.
Interview Deutschlandfunk, 28.07.2009 http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/interview_dlf/1006126/

Germany’s childcare workers are striking. They demand more money and health protection. their daily routine is dominated by: loud noises Neverthless, they are still smiling –The demands on child care professonals are growing but they are not compensated accordingly.

OSNABRÜCK. Early childhood education specialist Ilse Whrmann fears that children in Northern Germany have worse day care centers because the municipalities have less funding: Beginning from 2013 every child will be legally entitled to a place in a child care facility. Can parents stop worrying about the care for their children?

Ilse Wehrmann’s anger is justified. The champion in early childhood education untiringly develops- in part revolutionary –ideas on possible ways of changing the situation in child care services for small children. On invitation of the FDP Kreistagfraktion she presented her vision of a child-friendly Germany at the Osnabrück Kreishaus.

Are the strikes of the day care centers justified? What is child care worth to us? Nordwestradio unterwegs on Thursday, 28 May from 13:05 – 14:00 hrs live from Kulturhaus Alter Schützenhof (KASCH) in Achim.

Bremen. A license for parents, a children’s account with payments by the federal, state and municipal governments, more full- day places in day care centers, child allowance in the form of education credits – these are only a few recommendations for the way out of the crisis contributed to the discussion of child poverty and education by Ilse Wehrmann...

Bremen (epd). The Bremen pre-school pedagogical expert Ilse Wehrmann has called for an "Educational Solidarity Allowance". The tax surcharge could help establish educational justice across all social strata through a large financial commitment, said Wehrmann on Friday during a church conference held in the Hanseatic city on the subject of child poverty.

Child day care facilities are desparately seeking male staff
Cedric has big tears flowing down reddened cheeks. Between sobs, the four-year-old mumbles with difficulty that someone stepped on his foot. And the foot hurts terribly. Carsten Fangmeyer listens patiently to the young boy in the Bremen "Discoverers’ House", gives him a hug and comforts him. This is a rare picture in German day care centers because male child care workers like Fangmeyer are far and few in between the nurseries, day care and pre-school centers.

Making correct decisions for development of early child education for children under 3 years of age.
KiTa Aktuell HRS 7-8/2008
0807_KiTa_Aktuell.pdf (PDF, 214 kB)

child care is still dominated by women in public facilities as well. Only three percent of service staff in child care facilities in Germany is male, according to information ovided by the federal statistical agency.

An automotive group is building nursing care facilities – shouldn’t this be dispensed with, especially in times of crisis? Why is Daimler AG becoming involved in early childhood education and investing significant amounts in child care, development, education and services for our three-year old children of employees at all German locations? Wouldn’t this money be better invested in the core business, for example in R&D or the expansion of modern production technologies for further efficiency improvements? Download (PDF, 210 kB)

Ilse Wehrmann, renowned early childhood educator from Bremen is author of the ”Quality Manual“ for the Sternchen day care centers of Daimler Benz and a pamphflet for the ”Future of Germany – Education from the start“
TAZ 19.02.2008

Marshall for children

When it comes to her speciality area, early childhood education Ilse Wehrmann does not take sides. For the introduction to her book she was able to win Bundesministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) and Arbeitgeberpräsident Dieter Hundt. She has dedicated the book to one of the great Bonzen, Daimler-Chef Dieter Zetsche.TAZ Nord, 19.02.2008

May 2007
Early child education and the quality of child care facilities are impoortant topics in the discussions surounding the growth of child care services. The quality of a kindergarten depends greatly onthe education of the educationa professionals working there.Qualification (PDF file, 158 kB)

by Ilse Wehrmann in the thematic issue "Woche für das Leben" With children into the future – an initiative of the catholic and evangelical church.
Communication of values (PDF file, 75 kB)
www.woche-fuer-das-leben.de

DaimlerChrysler relies on the pofessional consulting services of Ilse Wehrmann for its company children Kinderkrippen
Mothers and fathers who work at DaimlerChrysler ‘s local plant will have a chance of leaving their small children in the care of the nearby company operated facility. The starting shot for the ”Sternchen“ nursery care center will initially be fired at four group locationhs across Germany .

Stutgart –The kindergarten of St. Konrad has a Sala Arco Iris and a Sala del Sol, a raibow and sun room. Visitors might wonder about the Spanish names, but the children know them well. The catholic kindergarten in the hills of East Stuttgart is bilingual since last year. The Argentinean-born Carolina Schrem speaks only Spanish with the three- to six year olds the entire morning, while the other three teachers speak Geman. "We want to develop a feeling for languages in the children at an early stage", says the head master Emma Marschand, who is a native of Italy,herself.

World of the child 4/2001