Coming to Le Manège Enchanté means experiencing group life for the first time through the eyes of a child, and making wonderful discoveries under the watchful eye of professionals.
About Le Manège Enchanté
Le Manège Enchanté is not simply a childcare setting, but a place for exploration, experimentation and social interaction. Children come here to develop their skills and make many discoveries while having fun.
We welcome children from the age of 2½ up to school starting age, with the option of accommodating two children aged 2 per half-day.
Open Monday to Thursday, from 8.00 am to 11.45 am.
We offer 15 places per half-day.
Places are still available for September 2026.
Our team would be delighted to arrange an appointment with you. This is a valuable opportunity to discuss your expectations and visit our setting.
The educational values of Le Manège Enchanté
Establishing a relationship of trust with families
Welcoming a new child also means welcoming their parents: a key moment for listening and sharing. The concerns, which are entirely understandable, linked to the early stages of separation can be challenging for families.
You are, of course, welcome to stay with your child for as long as needed during the settling-in period. This period is fully flexible and can be adapted to the individual needs of each child and parent.
Meeting the child’s emotional, intellectual and physical needs
Kindness, respect and empathy are at the heart of our approach. Every child is unique and should be able to develop at their own pace.
Learn to be and to work together
The nursery is an ideal place for social learning. Children meet new friends and begin to form relationships. They learn to cooperate with their peers, respect group rules, and accept each other’s differences.
Inspire enthusiasm, curiosity and creativity
To develop skills and make new discoveries while having fun.
Encourage children to do things independently
Promote autonomy and self-confidence. Through their experiences, children learn and develop. Allow children to explore and try things for themselves, trust them, and support them through both challenges and successes.
Provide skilled support
An inclusive environment
A child with specific needs is, above all, a child like any other, for whom respect for their dignity means a commitment to offering genuine equality of opportunity. It also means giving them the means to experience childhood within a community setting.
In concrete terms
° We sing and dance, and make wonderful discoveries in sound and language with Sandrine’s guitar.
° We do crafts, paint, model, cook, and have fun—whatever the outcome.
° We build, knock down, rebuild, and stack.
° We tell stories using different materials, offering a calm moment for magical journeys into the world of words.
° We play in groups, in small groups, or individually… play is the ultimate tool for learning.
° We go for walks to explore the world.
° Or we simply rest in a quiet corner with a comforter, dreaming.
Discover the team
° We do crafts, paint, model, cook, and have fun—whatever the outcome.
° We build, knock down, rebuild, and stack.
° We tell stories using different materials, offering a calm moment for magical journeys into the world of words.
° We play in groups, in small groups, or individually… play is the ultimate tool for learning.
° We go for walks to explore the world.
° Or we simply rest in a quiet corner with a comforter, dreaming.
We aim to find a balance between free play and structured activities, as well as whole-group, small-group, and individual sessions.
Our team
Rose-Marie Bucher, the director, has been looking after this place since 2004. Each day, she sows small seeds of curiosity, confidence and discovery, so that every child can grow at their own pace, gently and in complete safety.
Sandrine Curinga brings a real sense of energy to daily life. With her guitar and her songs, she takes the children on a true musical journey. Through the notes, they explore movement, singing and dance, allowing music to become a natural means of expression.
And, to ensure the magic continues to renew itself, a trainee joins our team each year. He or she discovers our world, shares in the children’s daily lives and contributes, for the duration of their stay, to life at Le Manège Enchanté.
”Education is about understanding children as they are, without imposing on them the image of what we think they should be.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
