Service group: Day care
School Terms and Vacations
You will find general information about working days and vacations in Vantaa on this page.
Pre-primary Education
Pre-primary education constitutes part of the life-long learning path that begins at home and in early childhood education, and continues after pre-primary education in basic education.
Starting in Early Childhood Education
Starting early childhood education is a big change for a child. Before this, a kick-off discussion will be held with the guardians and the hours of early childhood education will be set.
Preparatory teaching for six-year-olds
Instruction preparing for basic education is arranged for those children with immigrant backgrounds whose Finnish-language proficiency is not sufficient for studying in a pre-primary education group.
From Pre-primary Education to School
Starting school is a significant event for the child, the guardians, and the school personnel. In school, the child will be working with different adults than in pre-primary education, and in order to maintain the continuum of development and learning support, cooperation between the family, pre
Pre-primary education in English
The operations of English-speaking pre-primary education are designed in a way that combines the bilingual pre-primary education so that both languages remain present and improve gradually after the teacher's modelling and the children's active learning.
Transportation to Pre-primary education
If the distance to a school is over three (3) kilometers in length or if for some reason the way to school is too difficult, exhausting or dangerous for the child, children (during their pre-school education) have the right for a free school transportation or to be given support that is enough to
Child in Pre-primary Education
Pre-primary education is part of a lifelong learning path that begins at home and in early childhood education and continues after pre-primary education in basic education.
Pre-primary education in Vantaa
Pre-primary education starts one year before a child starts going to school. Pre-primary education is four hours a day and it's run during the working hours of schools. There is free pre-primary education in Vantaa that is being given in day cares and in some schools.
Private Family Day Care
Private family day care is a form of early childhood education, where the child's early childhood education is carried out in a small group at the home of the private childminder.