Our methodology is based on the art of teaching and motivating children for all-round development. Every two months we rotate the topic we focus on. A regular part of our programme are 8 types of clubs that are chosen for the comprehensive development of the child’s personality and physical skills.
Václav Dědek
Director and founder of the Start-up školka
Each club is held at least once a week.
The youngest children start with English language, art, basic gymnastics, singing, dancing and practical Montessori activities. Older children have an All-Knowing Club, yoga and sports games. For the preschoolers, we have added a Preschooler to easily prepare them for school.
September to November 2025
THE SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND WIZARDRY
Autumn is casting its spell, painting the trees in every shade of warm color. In this enchanting season, we’ll be inspired by The Little Witch and her clever raven, Abraxas. Together, the children will become young apprentices at the School of Magic and Wizardry. We’ll brew our own magical potions from wild herbs and mushrooms, learn spells and charms, and try all sorts of “hocus pocus” experiments. Using colorful leaves, rowan berries, and shiny chestnuts, we’ll create the most beautiful works of art. Through all our senses, we’ll explore not only fruits and seeds of trees but also the autumn harvest of vegetables and fruit. We’ll make rosehip tea, cook potato soup, and conjure up plum dumplings. The Little Witch will learn to read the Lexicon of Spells and write magical words with a raven’s quill. Together, we’ll dive into a world of wonder and enchantment, sparking children’s imagination and creativity while celebrating the joy of discovery.
December 2025
ADVENT TRADITIONS AND CRAFTS
What does Christmas smell like? What’s for dinner on Christmas Eve, and who brings gifts to children around the world? We’ll explore Christmas customs and traditions with all our senses. Through festive crafts, we’ll nurture the anticipation and magic of the Advent season. We’ll write letters to Baby Jesus, bake Christmas cookies and gingerbread, make ornaments, greeting cards, and candle holders. We’ll sing Christmas carols and count down the days on our Advent calendar. During our traditional Christmas celebration, we’ll make little walnut shell boats with candles, cut apples for good luck, share our homemade treats, enjoy games and a creative workshop with parents, decorate gingerbread cookies, sing by the Christmas tree, and exchange presents full of love.
January to March 2026
THE JUNGLE BOOK
From the cold and dark winter months, we’ll journey deep into the warm, lush jungle to meet Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves. Alongside his animal friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Kaa the snake, we’ll uncover the secrets of the jungle, the meaning of friendship, and the courage that lives in every heart. We’ll test our strength and agility in jungle themed obstacle courses and movement games. We’ll explore the beauty of distant nature, make simple jungle tools and animal masks, and press animal pawprints into clay. Like Mowgli, we’ll learn to speak with animals and find our way through the wild. We’ll paint the jungle, its plants, and magical totems that protect us from evil spirits.
April to June 2026
MR. EVERYWHERE’S JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Mr. Everywhere travels the globe in his airship, bringing children stories, treasures, and fascinating discoveries from every continent. Together we’ll embark on a magical trip around the world, exploring distant lands full of new scents, flavors, colors, sounds, customs, and languages. Each stop will bring us a small treasure: a passport stamp, a taste of exotic fruit, a song from a different culture, or a mask of a local animal. We’ll dance to the rhythm of drums on the African savannah, be enchanted by the temples, fragrances, and spices of Asia, meet kangaroos in Australia and try playing the didgeridoo. In the Americas, we’ll discover the beauty of prairies and rainforests with Native Americans, and at the poles, we’ll meet Inuits, polar bears, and penguins. We’ll bake Italian pizza, ride a London double decker, and build our own Eiffel Tower. We’ll make maps, jewelry, and crafts inspired by distant cultures, discovering the beauty in the diversity of our world.
July and August 2026
RONJA, THE ROBBER’S DAUGHTER
Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter, takes us deep into a magical world of forests, friendship, ancient ruins, and mysterious creatures. The children will meet brave, curious Ronja, born during a thunderstorm to the robber chief Mattis and his wife Lovis. But Ronja doesn’t want to be a robber. She runs into the forest, where she learns about independence, courage, and true friendship. Together with her, we’ll explore nature, meet new friends, and strengthen our empathy, teamwork, and courage. We’ll move, run, and climb, learn to find our way in nature using the sun, trees, and moss. We’ll craft robber amulets, jewelry, slingshots, and forest creature masks. Using twigs and leaves, we’ll make crowns of the forest children and awaken our imagination, which will come alive in a forest full of magical beings and adventures.
Start-up školka Karlín, z.s.
IČO: 19211465
Hybešova 516/2,
Praha 8 Karlín, 186 00
Constitution of the Association
T: +420 735 959 387
E: info@skolkakarlin.cz