Features
About this care
Welcome to De Kleine Wereld De Edelsteen, our homely daycare centre located in the heart of Amsterdam’s vibrant Diamantbuurt. We are situated on the first floor of a beautifully renovated former school building at Smaragdplein. We provide care for up to 36 children aged 0 to 4 years.
Inside, we offer warm and homely group rooms that invite children to play and explore. Each group has its own sleeping room with a personal bed for every child, ensuring rest and routine. In our studio, we organise creative activities that stimulate imagination and development. We work with horizontal groups, so children are surrounded by peers of the same age.
Our outdoor space is rich and challenging. We have a large inner garden with a vegetable patch where we grow vegetables, herbs and flowers together with the children. We also make use of a gym and the playground in front of the building. We love to go on outings: to the playground, the toddler theatre, or we organise a carnival parade through the neighbourhood. Every experience contributes to the child’s development.
Our dedicated team consists of pedagogical staff chosen with the utmost care. They are ready every day with attention and love for both child and parent. We believe that childcare is much more than just care: we offer an environment that complements home, where children develop through play. Together with parents, we work on the child’s development, every day again.Read more
Practical info
Pedagogy methods
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: December 3, 2025
Strengths
- Staff provide emotional security and loving contact with children
- Children are encouraged in their independence and personal skills
- Rich play-based learning environment with diverse play corners and real materials from daily life
- Daily outdoor activities for all groups
- Good routines and predictability in the early education group
- Sufficient deployment of early education coach for quality improvement
Violations
- Pedagogical policy contained insufficient concrete description of the working method of home groups
- Substitute staff in early education group lacked appropriate professional qualification and valid early education certificate
- Missing written parental consent for structural care in second home group on multiple days
- Child not registered in EL-VVE (early education monitoring system)
- Substitute staff in early education group not start-competent according to Amsterdam standards
- Outdoor play area not adjacent to the childcare center (structural, not recoverable)
Summary
Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) De Kleine Wereld De Edelsteen in Amsterdam-Zuid was inspected on 3 December 2025. The location provides daycare with 3 home groups (36 places) and early education using the Piramide program. The pedagogical practice was assessed positively: staff provide emotional security, encourage independence, and work with rich play-based learning environments. However, multiple violations were identified regarding pedagogical policy (insufficient description of home group working methods), staff qualifications (substitute without correct diploma and early education certificate), home group care (missing written parental consent), registration in EL-VVE (child not registered), and start competence (substitute not start-competent). All violations were resolved within the recovery period. The non-adjacent outdoor play area constitutes a structural violation but is tolerated by the municipality as all conditions are met.
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I am very happy that this place exists! My daughter goes 5 days / week, and she is always very happy and tells me about her day in joy. Teachers are v...
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