Early childhood education and care plans

Early childhood education and care plan is a curriculum guiding the education of pre-primary school age children, which is based on the early childhood education act and degrees. An early childhood education plan will be compiled for each child attending day care or family day care, working together with the child's parents.

Introduction

Early childhood education and care plan is a curriculum guiding the education of pre-primary school age children, which is based on the early childhood education act and degrees. An early childhood education plan will be compiled for each child attending day care or family day care, working together with the child's parents.

The Vantaa early childhood education and care plan supports and guides the organisation, implementation and development of early childhood education and care and promotes h
igh-quality and equal early childhood education and care while paying attention to Vantaa's local special characteristics. The objectives and measures supporting a child's development, learning and wellbeing are recorded into the child's early childhood education and care plan. The plan also describes the child's skills and strengths, interests and individual needs.

If this general support is not sufficient for a child, he or she is entitled to intensive support. The objective of intensive support plan is to allow for a child in need of regular support to fully participate in early childhood education and care.

A multilingualism plan is a part of the child's early childhood education and care plan or the curriculum of pre-primary education/preparatory teaching. The plan will be made together with the child's guardians, and it will include the measures for how the child's competence and development in their mother tongue(s) will be supported through their early childhood education and care.

Watch a video about early childhood education and pre-school education in Vantaa (In Finnish)

Units

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