Daycare centre | Round-the-clock care | Group family daycare centre (family daycare) |
Three-family
daycare
(family daycare) |
Family daycare in the care provider’s home |
Clubs |
Private early childhood education (daycare centre and family daycare) |
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For whom? | Children under school age | Children under school age | Children under school age |
Children under
school age |
Children under school age | Children aged 2-5 | Children under school age |
When? | According to the families' needs, Monday to Friday between 6:15 and 17:30 |
24/7 or Monday to Friday between 6:15 and 22:00 (evening care units) |
9 hours between 7:00 and 17:00 | 8 to 9 hours a day and approximately 40 hours a week |
8 to 9 hours a day and approximately 40 hours a week | 2 to 3 times a week, approximately 2.5-3 hours a day | Private daycare centre or family daycare provider determines the opening hours |
Where and how to apply? |
On Asti online service(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
On Asti online service(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
On Asti online service(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
On Asti online service(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
On Asti online service(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
On City of Helsinki E-services(Link leads to external service) (opens in new tab) or by using a paper form |
Get in touch with the private service provider directly. |
Subject to a fee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Private daycare centre or family daycare provider determines the early childhood education fee |
Languages | Finnish, Swedish and North Sami |
Finnish
(Evening care also in Swedish) |
Finnish and Swedish | Finnish | Finnish | English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish and Spanish | |
Where? |
In a daycare
centre |
In a daycare
centre |
In a group family daycare
centre |
In turns in the families' homes |
In the home of the family
daycare provider |
At playgrounds or daycare centres | Private daycare centre or family daycare provider is responsible for arranging the place |