The Centre for Multilingualism in Early Childhood in Munich (zkm = Zentrum für kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit e.V.) serves as a meeting point for all those concerned with childhood multilingualism and offers an ongoing forum for information, operational issues and teaching practices.

Our activities include early language learning courses for children, teacher training, lectures and presentations by experts in the field, consultation and academic supervision.

zkm was founded in 2002 and is an independent non-profit organisation, not affiliated with any political party or religious group. Our most important programme is KIKUS – Language Learning for Children Aged 3 to 10.

KIKUS ENGLISH is a fully-integrated language learning programme designed to encourage and promote early multilingualism. KIKUS (pronounced “keekooz”) stands for „Kinder in Kulturen und Sprachen“ (which can be loosely translated as “Children of Many Cultures and Languages”).

Originally developed to support the German language skills of young children from immigrant families in Munich kindergartens, the concept has since then been widely tried and tested in the field. It is fully applicable to other languages.