Padua nursery school 25

Manager: Sepe Salvatore

Secretariat: 02 884 45020/45021

ED.UE08@comune.milano.it

Municipality 2 – Educational Unit 8

Milan, via Padova 25

The «Padova» nursery welcomes girls and boys aged between 3 months and 36 months and is spread over a single ground floor.
The 3 sections are organized in such a way as to accommodate groups of "small" children (children up to 12 months) and "medium-large" children (children between 13 and 36 months) in balanced numbers that respond to the specific needs of the age group. age.
In addition to the sections, girls and boys access various educational experiences in the common areas of the nursery: decanting laboratory space, laboratory called "Lido", where the child relives the experience of playing games on the beach, atelier where there are games with sounds, noises, tactile and visual sensations called «Magic Room», lounge where the child can play motor games prepared by the educator, garden. 
Il Nido has an internal kitchen managed by Milano Ristorazione.
Lunch is administered by the educational staff who accompanies girls and boys on their journey of self-knowledge and sensorial experimentation.

The educational college, coordinated by the Manager, is responsible for the planning and implementation of the educational paths promoted during the year. In the presence of girls or boys with disabilities, the presence of educational support staff is expected.
The auxiliary staff ensures the care and cleaning of the nursery spaces.

The section represents the space where girls and boys spend the moments of greatest emotional involvement during the educational day: educators take care of girls and boys and support their growth path through the design of spaces and the setting up of experiences educational.

Our sections are called Stars, Moon and Sun.
For each section there is a space dedicated to resting for girls and boys, a space for lunch and a space for care and hygiene. The educators, in preparing these spaces and these moments, guarantee an organization of the educational day that is careful to encourage the child's actions, the exploration of spaces and materials and self-care, with the presence and constant accompaniment of the adult. 

Two sections directly overlook the garden of the nursery, while one accesses the garden from the living room.

The section: description and photos
The section: description and photos
The section: description and photos

The common spaces are designed as places to welcome adults and children and are designed to accompany girls and boys in exploring, gradually over the course of the year, contexts and places even "beyond" their own section.

The common spaces are designed to promote motor, sensory and laboratory experiences consistent with the developmental stages of girls and boys and gradual over time.


In our nursery, there are laboratory spaces dedicated to discovery and decanting. There is a motor space and in each section there is a reading corner.

The common areas: description and photos
The common areas: description and photos
The common areas: description and photos

«Going out», living in larger spaces than the space of the section, gradually exploring the garden or courtyard means expanding the possibilities of discovery and experimentation and offering educational paths that are gradually more and more articulated and complex.
There is a garden in the nursery.

The outdoor spaces: description and photos
The outdoor spaces: description and photos
The outdoor spaces: description and photos

Milan, via Padova 25

Updated: 03/04/2024