Early childhood education during family daycare
- Service
- Rovaniemi
- Public service
For children in family daycare, early childhood education is organised in accordance with the local curriculum for early childhood education and the criteria of the national core curriculum for early childhood education. An early childhood education plan is drawn up for each child in cooperation with their parents or guardians.
A group of children in family daycare may consist of no more than fou ...
Do the following
Apply for an early childhood education and care place at the latest four months before you wish to place your child in care.
1) Consider whether your child needs:
- early childhood education or pre-primary education
- family daycare
- an early childhood education club or an open daycare centre?
2) Familiarise yourself with the locations of the daycare centres, clubs, and open daycare centres. You can contact the service coordination for early childhood education to ask about the location of family daycare provider.
3) Submit an application application for early childhood education / pre-primary education.
The main channel for applying for a place in early childhood education or pre-primary education is the online service for early childhood education services (www.rovaniemi.fi/varhaiskasvatus). If it is not possible for you to send an application online, you can use this form: Application for early early childhood childhood education / pre-primary education. Send this form to: Varhaiskasvatuksen palveluohjaus, PL 1009, 96101 Rovaniemi
- You do not need to register in advance for the open daycare centre’s activities.
- If your child would like to join an early childhood education club, you should contact the service coordination for early childhood education.
To whom and on what terms
Care may be given to a child who has not reached the age of compulsory education.
Early childhood education and care may also be given to a child who has already reached the age of compulsory education if special circumstances so require and care cannot be otherwise arranged.
Background information
In addition to a day-care centre, you can apply for an early childhood education and care place in family day care for your child. Family day care is early childhood education and care provided in the carer’s or the child’s home.
A family day-carer may care for at most four children under school age in full time and for one child of pre-primary or basic education age part time. The carer’s own under school age children are included in this number. An early childhood education plan is drawn up for each child in family day care.