Kita On Kains

Kita on Kains is a German bilingual daycare located in an intimate home setting. We immerse your child playfully in a German/English environment from an early age.
We are a licensed daycare located in a small intimate home setting with a spacious backyard play area. We offer a warm and nurturing environment for toddlers and preschoolers in our sunny, safe home located on the Berkeley/Albany border (near Marin Ave) with a low teacher-child ratio.

We provide an age appropriate, fun-filled, play-based program with a curriculum that is tailored to meet each child's individual needs. Our small group setting will allow for special attention and care to the needs of each child. Our daily schedule includes indoor and outdoor free play activities and guided activities, like dance, music, story time, art and dramatic play with an emphasis on German language. Healthy organic snacks are provided.

Catrina Sheen, the daycare provider, was raised bilingually by her Scottish mother and her German father. She studied Special Education at the University of Hamburg and Dance Education at the Lola-Rogge-School in Hamburg. In 2002 she immigrated to the U.S. and studied Early Childhood Education in Oakland and Somatic Movement Therapy at the Moving On Centre in Oakland. She has worked in several preschools , dance and German language schools in the Bay Area, including the ShanYee Poon Ballet School, the Bay Area Kinderstube and German School of San Francisco.

Please contact us to a visit to see if my home daycare is a good fit for your needs! References available!