My goal was to create a preschool where I would want to send my own child—a place founded on kindness, respect, and partnership, in cooperation with parents and the whole team.

At the center, I place the child’s harmonious development: physical, emotional, social, and cognitive. We care about healthy, simple food, natural materials, limiting plastic, and an aesthetic, calm environment that supports concentration and inner quiet.

The daily rhythm, repetition, adults’ example, and as much time outdoors as possible are all very important. Our garden is a space for free play, observing nature, and building physical and emotional resilience.

We base education on activity, play, and experience. I believe that play is the child’s work—it is through play that they develop cognitive, social, and emotional competencies. Our task is to support children in building self-confidence, the ability to dialogue, cooperation, and responsibility.

I aim for balance—so that intellectual development does not dominate the needs of the body, relationships, and emotions. The preschool period is unique and unrepeatable. We want to give children a solid foundation for further education and life in a changing world.

How it began

For 26 years I have served as a preschool director. Earlier, for many years I worked as a preschool teacher, consistently developing my competencies and seeking the best path in working with children.

I am a graduate of the Pedagogical University of Kraków (Master’s degree in preschool and early childhood education). I deepened my interest in alternative pedagogies at the University of Warsaw, where I completed a three-year program at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, specializing in Waldorf education.

I also completed studies at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Kraków University of Technology, earning the title of Education Manager.

I co-created a pedagogical innovation and the author’s “Integrative Family Group Program.” In 1999, I won the competition for the position of director of Municipal Preschool No. 27 in Kraków. In 2004, after the institution’s transformation process, the Non-Public Preschool “Pod Gwiazdkami” was established, which I have led to this day.