Milíčův dům, Kindergarten building in Žižkov, Prague 3, Czech Republic

Milíčův dům is a functionalist building on Žižkov's outskirts, designed by architect Erwin Katona and built by Vinohrady builder Karel Skorkovský in two stages: a single-storey structure opened in 1933, with a second floor added in 1936. Inside were workshops, a clubroom, a reading room, a gymnasium hall, a music hall and a garden with a playground and vegetable beds.

Premysl Pitter founded this institution in 1933 to serve disadvantaged children during the economically difficult interwar period. It later became a place of refuge during occupation, when it provided shelter and protection to those in danger.

The house is named after Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, a 14th-century reform preacher. Children aged 5 to 14 came for singing, rhythmics, board and movement games, theatre, German and cooking courses, ball games and garden work, and did homework there. Educators such as Ferdinand Krch and Olga Fierz worked voluntarily and unpaid.

The building now houses a kindergarten, which since 2001 has carried the honorary name Mateřská škola Milíčův dům. The room on the second floor where Přemysl Pitter lived and worked is open to the public, but only by prior arrangement by telephone.

The building preserves a rare example of a holistic learning environment from the 1930s where teaching was woven together with hands-on craft and artistic activities. These integrated spaces reveal a forgotten educational approach that treated body and mind with equal importance.