The colourful outdoor playground at Koningspikkies Zambezi
Our dedicated baby & toddler home

Zambezi Street · Kraaifontein

Where little hearts grow big dreams.

Our dedicated baby and toddler home in Kraaifontein. A warm, gentle Christian start for the youngest in your family — built around the rhythms little ones need.

Why families choose us

A different kind of preschool.

Zambezi is intentionally small, intentionally soft, and intentionally focused on the very early years.

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A home away from home

Warm, secure spaces where children settle in fast and parents stop worrying by week one.

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Safe & secure always

A gentle, gated baby campus with controlled access and eyes on every child, all day long.

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Play that builds minds

Hands-on learning, home-cooked meals, outdoor time, and the kind of unhurried days kids need.

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Educators who love this

Decades of experience, gentle hands, and Christian values lived out one tiny moment at a time.

A day at Zambezi

Outdoors, indoors, and everything in between.

From the front gate to the picnic blanket — a real day with the littlest ones.

The Koningspikkies Zambezi entrance with wooden child statues and the rainbow banner

Right on Zambezi Street

A baby and toddler home, made just for the smallest steps.

Our Zambezi campus is a dedicated home for the youngest Koningspikkies children. Calm rooms, soft lighting, a careful staff-to-child ratio, and routines built around feeds, naps, and the wonder of a tiny human’s first year of growing.

Many of the children who start at Zambezi grow into our older Koningspikkies programs as they get bigger. The transition is gentle because the village is the same.

Gated baby campus
Low staff-to-child ratio
On-site nursery rooms
Warm Christian environment

Programs by age

Made for the very early years.

From the first weeks to the first big-kid sentences — we meet little ones exactly where they are.

Bears
3 – 9 months

Tiny humans, soft hands, sleepy songs. Cuddles, feeds, and the quiet calm of the very first months.

Bunnies
9 – 12 months

First crawls, first standing, first claps. Curious babies starting to reach for the world.

Chipmunks
1 – 2 years

First words, first songs, first friendships. Movement, music, and a world of things to touch and try.

Llamas
2 – 3 years

Independence, imagination, and the start of pretend play. Painting, stories, and the early steps toward preschool.

Every program includes

The little things, done well.

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Wholesome, home-cooked meals

A four-week rotating menu, prepared on-site in our own kitchen — fresh fruit, real vegetables, no shortcuts.

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Daily updates for parents

Real-time photos, messages, naps, meals and milestones. You’ll never wonder how the day went.

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Tailored development

Activities matched to each age and stage, rooted in Christian values and a deep love for the work.

Wilma Schütz, founder of Koningspikkies

Meet Wilma

25 years. Thousands of children. One simple belief.

Wilma Schütz has built Koningspikkies around a single idea: a happy child learns, grows, and thrives. From early-morning hugs to homemade lunches, she leads our team with warmth, faith, and the kind of attention only a lifetime of practice provides.

Almost every family who tours leaves with the same feeling — that their child will be loved here, exactly the way they’re loved at home.

“Happy children grow into curious, kind, capable adults. That’s all we want for yours.”
Wilma Schütz
Founder & Principal, Koningspikkies

Families on Koningspikkies

Words from the people who matter most.

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“We chose Koningspikkies because the teachers really love what they do — and our daughter feels it every day. We can’t imagine her being anywhere else.”
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Bianca Coetzee
Koningspikkies parent
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“We feel completely at peace leaving our little one here. The safety, the food, the warmth — it’s all exactly what a parent hopes for.”
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Elverna Petersen
Koningspikkies parent
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“Wilma and her team have given our son a strong start. He’s curious, confident, and asks to go to school on weekends.”
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Lisle James
Koningspikkies parent

Come and meet us

Spend ten minutes with us.

You’ll feel why generations of Cape Town families have trusted us with their littlest ones — and brought their siblings too.

Find us
53 Zambezi Street, Kraaifontein · Western Cape
Hours
Mon–Fri · 6am – 5:30pm