Daycare centers in Basel offer a large range of indoor and outdoor activities, creating an enriching and fun environment for children. Daycare centers often work with themes and focus their activities on a new theme each month.
Are you curious about what a typical day in a daycare in Basel looks like and what activities caregivers organize? We’ve created an overview for you.
Activities at Daycare Centers in Basel
Arrival
Children generally start their day at a daycare between 6:30 and 8:00 am. Parents and caregivers may exchange information about ongoing topics at drop-off. Children and staff share breakfast, and staff explain the day’s activity plan/schedule.
Morning
In the morning, daycare caregivers often go for a walk with the youngest children in a nearby park or quiet neighborhood. For toddlers, the morning schedule includes indoor and outdoor playtime, experiences and activities in nature, or an excursion.
Most daycare centers run a wide range of creative activities. From music sessions to painting, crafts, and play, children are encouraged to be creative while enhancing both motor skills and self-expression.
Lunch
Most daycare centers offer an early lunch, starting at 11:00 am. Lunch is followed by nap time for the younger ones and quiet time, reading, or project work for older children.
Afternoon adventures
Afternoons often bring themed projects or another excursion, combined with lots of indoor and outdoor play.
Afternoon pickup
At pickup time, daycare staff share highlights of the day with parents and caregivers. Most daycare centers have a pickup time frame from 16.00–19.00.
Examples of indoor activities
- Crafts, drawing, coloring, painting
- Music, singing, dancing
- Storytime and activities with book characters
- Cooking/baking (fruit and vegetable snacks, fruit salad, jam, syrup, bread, cookies, etc.)
- Gymnastics
Examples of trips
- Basel Zoo
- Tierpark Lange Erlen
- Farms and farmers markets
- Libraries
- Parks and playgrounds
- Forest morning/afternoon, nature walks
- Children’s museums/exhibitions
- Indoor play areas (Elys Boulderloft, Swiss Mega Park)
- The Basel Euro Airport
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