Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

An active-creative and artistic concept for using children's literature that is both extraordinary and unique. The children go on a literary journey of discovery consisting of 5 literature projects, in which they not only get to know the book itself, but also themselves, a bit better in various ways.
"Opening a book with all your senses” with the founder and director of the “Literary Workshop for Kids”Nadine Schwengenbecher (Primary & Montessori teacher).

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

How does the wind sound between the trees? Can you capture the murmur of the water of Ferchenbach Brook? What songs can we think of together to describe the mood in the forest?
This workshop is about music in the natural world around Schloss Elmau. Together, we will go in search of sounds in the meadow and in the forest. Natural materials are used to create sound, water accompanies us, and birds or crickets inspire us to compose songs. We take instruments and use them to write our own songs. At the closing concert, parents are invited to explore the area with us, and experience our tunes, sounds, and songs in nature.

How does the wind sound between the trees? Can you capture the murmur of the water of Ferchenbach Brook? What songs can we think of together to describe the mood in the forest?
This workshop is about music in the natural world around Schloss Elmau. Together, we will go in search of sounds in the meadow and in the forest. Natural materials are used to create sound, water accompanies us, and birds or crickets inspire us to compose songs. We take instruments and use them to write our own songs. At the closing concert, parents are invited to explore the area with us, and experience our tunes, sounds, and songs in nature

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

Do you want to take really good photos instead of just snapshots? To have fun learning how to focus on the important things in a photograph, how to find exciting perspectives, and how to captivate the viewer by pulling them into your picture? In this workshop, you will sharpen your eye for a good composition and for what really makes a good photograph. You'll learn a new way of seeing and get an idea of why some photos work and others don't. Using your own camera or one we provide, we will take a lot of photographs on the Schloss Elmau grounds and in nature, and you will receive 1,000 valuable tips and tricks on how to get attractive and dynamic pictures.

Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

Debating and discussing is an elementary part of our daily routine, be it with friends, family or at school. It is frequently the case that you have to represent an opinion or a view and must give reasons and arguments. This ability becomes more and more important in this day and age. Debating is not only establishing one’s opinion. It is equally important to apply different strategies and work as a team. In this Edutainment Workshop, the participants will deal with current topics and learn to apply different strategies. In addition to the daily changing questions, an outdoor activity around the Schloss will take place.

In this woodworking workshop, you will construct and build anything from doll houses to towers, board games, steerable and illuminated cars. Or you can put your own, entirely unique, ideas and inventions into practice as you work alongside other boys and girls. You will handle saws, hammers, files, and other woodworking tools. Once you’ve earned your workshop “driver’s license,” you can let your imagination run wild and build whatever you like. From well-lit bird houses to mobile mailboxes and flying cars – you decide what you want to take home with you from the wood workshop. Alexandra Syrbe, a Design and Visual Communications technician and studio & workshop teacher, has been very successful in Germany and abroad for almost 10 years with her company “technics on the move.” She has already inspired many kids through a variety of workshop formats (wood, UMT, lathing, stamping and photo workshop, the “So-oder-So” bookbindery, and others).

In this woodworking workshop, you will construct and build anything from doll houses to towers, board games, steerable and illuminated cars. Or you can put your own, entirely unique, ideas and inventions into practice as you work alongside other boys and girls. You will handle saws, hammers, files, and other woodworking tools. Once you’ve earned your workshop “driver’s license,” you can let your imagination run wild and build whatever you like. From well-lit bird houses to mobile mailboxes and flying cars – you decide what you want to take home with you from the wood workshop. Alexandra Syrbe, a Design and Visual Communications technician and studio & workshop teacher, has been very successful in Germany and abroad for almost 10 years with her company “technics on the move.” She has already inspired many kids through a variety of workshop formats (wood, UMT, lathing, stamping and photo workshop, the “So-oder-So” bookbindery, and others).

Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

Workshop participants will learn to stamp and emboss using a hand-held device and variously formed punching dies, creating unique products from various materials such as cardboard, paper and plastic. Kids can choose from a wide variety of punching dies.

Stamps, pencils and paint are used to provide the final touches. The main focus is on individual creativity. Anyone can make whatever product they want, from animal figurines and albums to door hangers and cards – forming, punching, stamping, painting and shrinking to their heart’s content.

An active-creative and artistic concept for using children's literature that is both extraordinary and unique. The children go on a literary journey of discovery consisting of 5 literature projects, in which they not only get to know the book itself, but also themselves, a bit better in various ways.
"Opening a book with all your senses” with the founder and director of the “Literary Workshop for Kids”Nadine Schwengenbecher (Primary & Montessori teacher).

An active-creative and artistic concept for using children's literature that is both extraordinary and unique. The children go on a literary journey of discovery consisting of 5 literature projects, in which they not only get to know the book itself, but also themselves, a bit better in various ways.
"Opening a book with all your senses” with the founder and director of the “Literary Workshop for Kids”Nadine Schwengenbecher (Primary & Montessori teacher).

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

The Science Lab educational institution is visiting Schloss Elmau again, offering a research program for preschool- and elementary school-age children. The children are called on to join the science lab instructors in exploring exciting phenomena of nature, technology and the environment.
Discovering and understanding the world with all their senses is our children’s recipe for success. They notice things that have become humdrum for adults: raindrops hanging on branches, a compass showing the direction, lightning splitting the sky, followed by thunder. Because children want to understand all this, they often bombard us with questions.
In the Science Lab experimentation courses, experienced science lab instructors are ready to be bombarded. They then help the kids postulate hypotheses, which the young researchers then independently check using simple but ingenious experiments. The workshop leaders guide them in the process, asking specific questions to lead them towards finding the answers for themselves. This lets the children directly integrate what they’ve experienced into their world of knowledge, and on top of that benefit from the fact that they found out the explanation for themselves. Apart from the fun and joy that all children have in the process, they quite incidentally acquire the tools for an analytical approach to questions on their journey through life.

Chess is a good way to have fun while developing important skills that are of key relevance in our modern world. It takes good concentration skills to cope with the overstimulation and vast diversity of information we encounter daily. In addition to strategic thinking and planning, chess systematically promotes imagination and combinatorial analysis.

COURSE I This beginner’s course lays the foundation for all further chess skills development. It starts with a look at the fascinating origins of chess. Later we get to know the powers and importance of the individual figures in detail. Fundamental thinking strategies are explained and tried out in connection with some easy chess exercises. Even here, we already encounter important ideas as ‘zugzwang’ or double attack in a simple form. Overall, this course provides a complete introduction to the rules, and towards the end, basic opening moves.
COURSE II Beyond the specific content, this course provides a guideline for thinking in a “chess” way, which can be a good signpost during the initially bewildering multifariousness of the game. Asking ourselves a series of standard questions makes it easier to find good solutions. The focus is firmly on chess tactics; all the basic motifs are treated, from capture to blocking and unblocking to typical checking motifs. Towards the end of the course we return to matters of the opening and the endgame, where tactical and strategic ideas go hand in hand. Participation in this course requires a sound knowledge of the rules of chess and some basic concepts.
COURSE III Given sufficient demand we also offer an advanced program for seasoned players. The coaches will assess the skill level on site. Focuses of this course include chess strategy, an initial repertoire of openings, and playing practice under tutelage.

Chess is a good way to have fun while developing important skills that are of key relevance in our modern world. It takes good concentration skills to cope with the overstimulation and vast diversity of information we encounter daily. In addition to strategic thinking and planning, chess systematically promotes imagination and combinatorial analysis.

COURSE I This beginner’s course lays the foundation for all further chess skills development. It starts with a look at the fascinating origins of chess. Later we get to know the powers and importance of the individual figures in detail. Fundamental thinking strategies are explained and tried out in connection with some easy chess exercises. Even here, we already encounter important ideas as ‘zugzwang’ or double attack in a simple form. Overall, this course provides a complete introduction to the rules, and towards the end, basic opening moves.
COURSE II Beyond the specific content, this course provides a guideline for thinking in a “chess” way, which can be a good signpost during the initially bewildering multifariousness of the game. Asking ourselves a series of standard questions makes it easier to find good solutions. The focus is firmly on chess tactics; all the basic motifs are treated, from capture to blocking and unblocking to typical checking motifs. Towards the end of the course we return to matters of the opening and the endgame, where tactical and strategic ideas go hand in hand. Participation in this course requires a sound knowledge of the rules of chess and some basic concepts.
COURSE III Given sufficient demand we also offer an advanced program for seasoned players. The coaches will assess the skill level on site. Focuses of this course include chess strategy, an initial repertoire of openings, and playing practice under tutelage.