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Pre-primary education

Children in Finland spend a year in pre-primary education before starting basic education in school. A day in pre-primary education is 4-hour-long, and it follows the regular school year. In Helsinki, pre-primary education is provided free of charge in public daycare centres and in some schools.

Children in Finland spend a year in pre-primary education before starting basic education in school. A day in pre-primary education is 4-hour-long, and it follows the regular school year.

In Helsinki, pre-primary education is provided free of charge in public daycare centres and in some schools.
All pre-primary education groups follow the same curriculum.

Pre-primary education is binding. This means that the child must participate in a year-long activity of pre-primary education or other similar activity that meets the objectives for pre-primary education the year before their compulsory education. Children of pre-primary education age are still entitled to daycare.

In Helsinki the Department of Early Childhood Education is responsible for the pre-primary education provided in Finnish and the Education Division is responsible for the pre-primary education provided in Swedish.

Service points

180 service points

Päiväkoti Sakara

Daycare Sakara

Address: Kontulankaari 5, 00940 Helsinki

Daycare Sakarinmäki

Address: Knutersintie 924, 00890 Helsinki

Daycare Saniainen

Address: Saniaiskuja 1, 00730 Helsinki

Daycare Santahamina

Address: Kadettikouluntie 5, 00860 Helsinki

Daycare Satakieli

Address: Von Daehnin katu 19, 00790 Helsinki
Päiväkoti Satama

Daycare Satama

Address: Sisselenkuja 3, 00810 Helsinki

Daycare Satulinna

Address: Kimnaasipolku 7, 00750 Helsinki

Daycare Savela

Address: Savelantie 9, 00720 Helsinki
päiväkoti Savotta

Daycare Savotta

Address: Puunkaatajantie 16, 00760 Helsinki

Daycare Seulanen

Address: Vaskiniitynkuja 5, 00740 Helsinki
Päiväkoti Siilitien rakennus

Daycare Siilitie

Address: Hillerikuja 1, 00800 Helsinki
Päiväkoti Sinivuoren rakennus

Daycare Sinivuori

Address: Säterintie 28, 00720 Helsinki
Päiväkoti Soittaja

Daycare Soittaja

Address: Soittajantie 10, 00420 Helsinki

Daycare Suomenlinna

Address: Suomenlinna C 31, 00190 Helsinki

Daycare Susanna

Address: Susannanpenger 1, 00240 Helsinki