Day Care and Preschool

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Applying place in day-care centre You can apply for a day-care place for children under school-age. If both parents either work or study, the city tries to place the child in day-care. Full-time care, part-time care, free pre-school instruction and guided child education places are available.
If you want to place your child in a municipal day-care centre, you should get in touch with your regional office to find out whether there is any place for english-speaker children available. You can visit the day-care centre before applying for the place. Return the application form into to the day-care centre you want your child to go.
If a child of 5 or 6 years of age does not speak Finnish, a part-time place in day-care can be arranged. The MLL organisation arranges an English club for children. Before attending a day-care centre, children must have a check-up in their own regional child clinic. The centres providing day-care in english Fill in and print Day-Care Application Form (PDF) (paper-version) Instructions for applying for child day-care (PDF) Income declaration form for the purposes of determining the day-care fees (PDF) WEB-Day-Care-application WEB-application to the early education related club activity You can calculate the day care fee (estimate) Free pre-school instruction In Finland, children begin First Grade at the age of 7.The city of Oulu offers free pre-schooling to all 6 year olds in day-care centres. Each preschooler gets at least 700 hours/year (3-4hrs/day) of preschooling. In addition, if the family needs more than 3-4 hrs/day, the city charges half-day (means under 5hours/day) day-care fee. Further information about preschool Municipal Day-care Centres providing care in English: Tuulikello is a multicultural kindergarten. It offers day-care both in English and Finnish, applying early immersion principles in teaching English to the children. We take advantage of every opportunity to speak English, and so we learn to speak English through our everyday activities. Address: Teknologiantie 8 C, tel. +358 8 5586 5465 Linnanmaa kindergarten is a Finnish kindergarten catering especially for the children of students and foreigners. Address: Yliopistonkatu 22, 90570 Oulu, tel.+358 8 5584 5489 Lintula kindergarten is giving immersion in English. Private day-care Centres: Oulun englanninkielinen leikkikoulu The English Speaking Playschool of Oulu Address: Wervinginkuja 2, 90100 Oulu, tel. +358 8 311 7871 Starbright kindergarten Address: Myllytullinkatu 14, 90100 Oulu, tel. +358 40 4166 712, kindergarten manager Minna Vilmunen, tel. +358 50 443 6712 Päiväkoti Saksanpähkinä - Oulu's Finnish-German playschool Address: Puistokatu 9-11, 90120 Oulu, tel.+358 400 942 018 Svenska Barnträdsgården - the Swedish kindergarten Address: Kajaaninkatu 15, 90100 Oulu, tel. +358 8 311 4905