What does participation do to the power of adults? How capable are children of participating? How can a vibrant culture of participation be developed and lived in everyday life? This handbook provides a theoretical and practical foundation for how participation can succeed in early childhood education from the very beginning. Everyone benefits: professionals implement the participation required in all educational plans, and children engage in the democratic community of the daycare center on topics that affect them. Participation then becomes not just an additional task, but the concrete realization of social-pedagogical educational orientation. With many practical examples, it demonstrates how easily and effectively daycare teams can implement the underlying concept of "The Nursery of Democracy." Contents include: Fundamentals and everyday questions of participation.