Applying for early childhood education
You can apply for an early childhood education place for your child at a municipal daycare centre, family daycare or club. You can apply for an early childhood education place via eDaisy, which requires strong authentication to log in. Private and service voucher nurseries have their own application forms on their websites. You will find contact details for service guidance at the bottom of the website.
You can apply for an early childhood education place in municipal early childhood education throughout the year, no later than four (4) months before the start of early childhood education. If the need for early childhood education is due to your employment or the start of your studies, apply for a place as soon as possible, but no later than two weeks before your child needs the place. If early childhood education begins immediately after the Christmas or summer holidays, the start date should allow sufficient time for familiarisation. When applying for shift care, both guardians must submit a certificate from their employer or educational institution confirming the need for evening or shift care.
Apply for a municipal early childhood education place via eDaisy’s online service, which requires strong authentication to log in.
The status of your early childhood education application will change to “Sent” once we have received it via the eDaisy service. You can make changes to your application until it has been processed. After this, changes can only be made through the early childhood education service guidance. You can cancel your application by contacting the service guidance. You will find the contact details for our service guidance at the bottom of the page.
The early childhood education place must be accepted or declined via the eDaisy service.
Places in private daycare centres are applied for directly from the private daycare centre. For more detailed information, please refer to the websites of the private daycare centres.
Need for early childhood education services
Early childhood education fees are based on the number of hours of early childhood education per month. When
submitting your application, select the number of hours that suits your family’s needs. If necessary, you can change the number of hours at the beginning of the following month. Notify us of the change via eDaisy using the Change in Number of Hours form.
| Service requirement | Average early childhood education service needs per week | Percentage of early childhood education customer fee | Early childhood education customer fee amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time early childhood education | at least 35 hours/week, over 147 hours/month | 100% payment (= highest payment determined by income and family size) | Maximum €311/month 2nd child €124/month |
| Part-time early childhood education for a maximum of 35 hours per week | more than 25 hours/week – up to 35 hours/week and early childhood education supplementing pre-school education, 106–146 hours/month | 85% of the early childhood education fee, which is determined based on income and family size | maximum €264/month 2nd child €106/month |
| Part-time early childhood education for a maximum of 25 hours per week | more than 20 hours/week – up to 25 hours/week and early childhood education supplementing pre-school education, 85–105 hours/month | 70% of the early childhood education fee, which is determined based on income and family size | maximum €218/month 2nd child €87/month |
| Part-time early childhood education for a maximum of 20 hours per week | 20 hours/week maximum 20 hours/week and early childhood education supplementing pre-school education, 0–84 hours/month | 60% of the early childhood education fee, which is determined based on income and family size | maximum €187/month 2nd child €75/month |
Reporting a need for services
The service requirement (weekly/monthly care time) is agreed with the daycare centre director in a service discussion before early childhood education begins. Guardians must notify the daycare centre director of any changes and submit a notification of change in hourly limits via eDaisy. The change will take effect at the beginning of the following month.
Early childhood education options
Swedish-language early childhood education
Swedish-language early childhood education is provided at the bilingual Tusby träsk daycare centre. There are two Swedish-language groups, one for 1–3-year-olds and one for 3–5-year-olds. Preschool is provided by Tusby träsk Swedish school and supplementary early childhood education is provided by the daycare centre.
Who can apply?
Swedish-language early childhood education is for children whose mother tongue or home language is Swedish, bilingual children, or children whose knowledge of Swedish can be demonstrated, for example, through language immersion.
Apply for a place
Applications for a place in Swedish-language early childhood education are made electronically in eDaisy. Select Tusby träsk daghem and write in the additional information that the application is for a place in Swedish-language early childhood education.
Contact details
Tusby träsk daghem, Tuusulantie 131, 04310 Tusby
Tiina Vainio-Nykänen, daycare centre manager, 040 314 3337
Milja Juutinen, assistant manager, 040 314 4820
Language-rich early childhood education
Swedish-language-rich early childhood education is a gateway to functional language skills.
What is linguistic diversity?
The aim of language-rich early childhood education is to stimulate children’s interest in languages and foster a positive attitude towards them. In language-rich early childhood education, less than 25 per cent of activities are organised regularly and systematically in a language other than those specified in the Early Childhood Education Act. The aim is, among other things, to support language lea ing and children’s linguistic motivation and to diversify language choices. (Early childhood education plan guidelines 2018)
The language-rich group is characterised by lea ing songs, games, rhymes and everyday phrases in the other national language. One of the goals of the group is to foster curiosity and an open-minded attitude towards different languages. The hope is that children will develop the courage to express themselves, including in a foreign language. Children are introduced to and lea their second national language unconsciously, as part of their everyday lives. We encourage children to use Swedish, without forgetting the importance of their own mother tongue. In order to lea a foreign language, children should have as good a command of their mother tongue as possible, as it forms the basis for lea ing a foreign language. The aim is to build a Swedish-language school path for the child.
What and to whom?
In Tuusula, language-rich early childhood education is provided at the Tuusulanjärvi daycare centre for children whose home language is Finnish. After this, the children go on to Swedish-language pre-school and primary education at Tusby träsk svenska skolani.
Application
You can apply for language-enriched early childhood education by submitting an electronic application via eDaisy. Select Tuusulanjärvi Daycare Centre and write a note about language-enriched early childhood education in the additional information section.
Further information
Tuusulanjärvi Daycare Centre, Tuusulantie 131, 04310 Tuusula
Tiina Vainio-Nykänen, Daycare Centre Director, 040 314 3337
Milja Juutinen, Assistant Daycare Centre Director, 040 314 4820
Round-the-clock early childhood education
Round-the-clock early childhood education is intended for children who need regular shift care due to their parents’ full-time work or studies. Regular shift care refers to weekly early childhood education where the need for care falls outside the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Future childcare bookings for children must be entered into Daisy Family by 9 a.m. on the Tuesday of the previous week. Children should have an average of two days off per week or six days off per three-week period.
Parents are not entitled to shift care on their days off or holidays.
In round-the-clock early childhood education, pedagogical activities and pre-school education are organised in accordance with full-day pedagogy. When the need for round-the-clock early childhood education ends, children transfer to a group or unit that provides day-time early childhood education.
Round-the-clock early childhood education is provided at the Maininki daycare centre (Hyrylä) and the Notkopuisto daycare centre (Jokela).
Early childhood education service guidance
We want to help you find early childhood education services that meet the needs of your child and family. Our service guidance provides you with more information about available municipal and private early childhood education places and how to apply for early childhood education.
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