Daycare
When applying for an early childhood education place, additional information can be provided by the daycare center directors, if necessary.
Nikkari Kindergarten (Timpuriintie 7)
Regional Daycare Center Director Paula Kinnunen, tel. 040 357 7999, paula.kinnunen [at] ii.fi
Deputy Director Johanna Palola, tel. +358 40 823 7011, johanna.palola [at] ii.fi
Nikkari daycare is open from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The daycare has eight groups of children: Soraset and Peikkoset (preschool), Hippunset (1-3 years old), Maahiset, Muruset, Nuppuset, Siruset and Tiitiäiset (2-5 years old).
- Preschool Soraset, tel. 040 162 8504
- Trolls, tel. 040 183 2742
- Maahiset, tel. 040 648 5599
- Hippuset, tel. 040 649 2216
- Crumbs, tel. 040 826 3882
- Nuppuset, tel. 040 701 8477
- Siruset, tel. 040 631 7740
- Preschool Tiitiäiset, tel. 040 641 6080
Jaku Kindergarten
Jakuntie 85 A 1, 91210 Jakkukylä, Ladybugs, tel. 040 683 1120
Regional Daycare Center Director Paula Kinnunen, tel. 040 357 7999, paula.kinnunen [at] ii.fi
Tenavatupa kindergarten
Koulukuja 7, 91140 Olhava, tel. +358 40 768 3166
Regional Daycare Center Director Paula Kinnunen, tel. 040 357 7999, paula.kinnunen [at] ii.fi
Kotikuja kindergarten (Kotikuja 4 and Valtarintie 11 A)
Regional daycare center director Tiina Kallio, tel. 040 768 7883, tiina.kallio [at] ii.fi
Deputy Director Pirjo Heikkilä, tel. +358 40 723 8110, pirjo.heikkila [at] ii.fi
The daycare also arranges shift care for families who need care for their children in the evenings, nights and weekends due to the shift work of the caregivers or their main studies. The daycare implements team work and groups of children are called “koloi”.
- Birch hollow
- Yellow tel. 040 768 2551
- Green tel. 040 869 8295
- birch grove [at] ii.fi (koivunkolo[at]ii[dot]fi)
- Bat's nest
- tel. 040 703 1008
- bat hole [at] ii.fi (lepankolo[at]ii[dot]fi)
- Kuusenkolo, preschool
- Yellow tel. 040 768 2210
- Green tel. 040 655 5155
- spruce tree [at] ii.fi (kuusenkolo[at]ii[dot]fi)
- Katajankolo
- Yellow tel. 040 723 3400
- Green tel. 040 676 6251
- juniper grove [at] ii.fi (katajankolo[at]ii[dot]fi)
- Pine hole
- Yellow tel. 040 723 9118
- Green tel. 040 682 4901
- mannynkol [at] ii.fi
Kuivaniemi Daycare Center (Opintie 30, Kuivaniemi)
Regional daycare center director Tiina Kallio, tel. 040 768 7883, tiina.kallio [at] ii.fi
- Greens, tel. 040 619 6113
- Yellow, tel. 040 669 3810
Home daycare
The municipality has several family daycare places and two group family daycare centers. Family daycare is guided, supervised and municipally maintained home-like care and early childhood education in a small group in the caregiver's home or the children's home. The family daycare center is responsible for the care and upbringing of children and for planning and implementing activities.
A family daycare provider may have four children under school age in full-time care at any one time, including the caregiver's own children under school age. In addition, the caregiver may have a preschool-age child in part-time care. When the family daycare provider is, for example, on annual leave or sick leave or in training, a back-up care place is arranged for the child. The back-up care place can be a daycare center, a group family daycare center or another family daycare provider.
In family daycare, learning takes place through joy and play, and children's learning and development are also supported in a goal-oriented manner in different everyday situations. Activities are structured around a regular daily rhythm, familiar routines and the annual calendar. Craft sessions, song and play and story times, as well as various physical activities are part of the weekly activities. Children are offered tasty and varied fresh home-cooked food at meals. A small group allows for an unhurried and peaceful mealtime as well as rest and nap time.
You can follow the activities of family daycare on Instagram: @iinkunnanperhepaivahoito
Regional Daycare Center Director Paula Kinnunen, tel. 040 357 7999, paula.kinnunen [at] ii.fi
Deputy Director Johanna Palola tel. 040 823 7011, johanna.palola [at] ii.fi
Shift care
Shift care is organized at Kotikuja and Kuivaniemi daycare centers.
Shift care refers to early childhood education that is offered in the evenings, at night and on weekends. The client fees for shift care are the same as for other early childhood education. Evening, night and weekend care are intended for children who need care outside of the general early childhood education hours (6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) due to work or study.
The planning and implementation of the activities take into account the children's varying early childhood education times. The early childhood education times required by the child must be submitted electronically for three weeks at a time, after which there will be no commitment to future changes in early childhood education times.
Early childhood education special education teachers
Pia Heikkilä, tel. +358 40 357 8107, pia.heikkila [at] ii.fi (pia[dot]heikkila[at]ii[dot]fi) - Kotikuja Daycare Center, Pilke Daycare Center, Harjuntähti Daycare Center
Jonna Klasila, tel. +358 40 612 8929, jonna.klasila [at] ii.fi (jonna[dot]klasila[at]ii[dot]fi) - Kotikuja daycare, Kuivaniemi daycare, family daycare, Tikkaset Daycare
Soile Rydman, tel. +358 40 612 8635, soile.rydman [at] ii.fi (soile[dot]rydman[at]ii[dot]fi) - Nikkari daycare center, Jaku group family daycare center, Olhava children's daycare center, open early childhood education
