El Belen

El Belen is a public center located in Madrid, in the Fuencarral-El Pardo district, offering the first cycle of early childhood education (0-3 years). Its daily work in the classroom revolves around two axes: routines, which provide security and promote children's independence, and the acquisition of habits, essential for their autonomy. Activities are scheduled following the center's projects and are complemented with proposals related to special days such as Christmas or Carnival.

Among the teachings of the center is English, introduced as a first contact with the language to spark children's curiosity and interest in communication. Psychomotricity also holds a prominent place, with a weekly session for all early childhood education students in a multipurpose room equipped with age-appropriate materials. The center also pays attention to the adaptation period, the stage each child goes through when joining, where separation from family and entry into school require careful support.

Regarding services, the school has a cafeteria and access to the Virtual Secretary of Educational Centers for enrollment. The internal functioning of the center and its educational community is documented in various documents, plans, and projects. The educational proposal for this stage aims for children to know their own body and that of others, learn to respect differences, observe and explore their family, natural, and social environment, progressively gain autonomy, develop their emotional capacities and communication skills in different languages, begin logical-mathematical skills, literacy, and movement, and acquire guidelines for coexistence, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution, as well as norms that promote gender equality.