Day care and education

Application period for early childhood education places in autumn 2024 is 4.3.-17.3.2024.

The application is primarily made online using the electronic early childhood education application in the eAsiointi.

If the child already has a place in early childhood education , there is no need to apply for the place again.

If logging in to the electronic application is not possible, you can also apply for a place using an electronic form that does not require identification. The epalvelu form can be sent either electronically or printed, filled in by hand and mailed to the address found on the form. Paper forms can also be picked up and returned to the city’s service point (Pyyrman address, Valtakatu 2 A).

You can request a place in early childhood education  from a specific daycare centre. The wish for a family daycare provider is written in the additional information of the application.

Decisions of daycare places  will be sent to families electronically via eService at the beginning of June at the latest. In the absence of an e-mail address, the decision will be sent to your home address by letter.

Places in private early childhood education are applied directly from private day care centers.  A service voucher is available in private daycare centres, which can be applied from the City of Rauma as soon as a place in a private day care centre has been confirmed.

If the child also has an application for municipal day care, the application will be cancelled when the family accepts a place at a private service voucher day care centre.

Possible inquiries related to early childhood education places can be made by email to varhaiskasvatus@rauma.fi or by phone at 040 1729 455.

Applying for places in early childhood education (day care)

A place for a child in municipal early childhood education can be applied round the year.

  • Application for early childhood education has to be submitted at least 4 months before a child needs a  place.
  • If the need is acute and need of care could not been anticipated, due to sudden employment or beginning of studies, the place has to be applied as soon as possible but at least two weeks before the beginning of your need.

Places for day care centres and family day care

  • A place for early childhood education is applied by an electronic early childhood education appliance form.
  • Early childhood education of extent of 0-92 hours, 93-115 hours, 116-150 hours or 151 hours for a child is chosen and, in options in menu, the type of arrangements of early childhood education is chosen.
  • Parents can express their wishes about desired type of early childhood education and a place for their child.
  • Parents receive the information about the child’s early childhood education place and their client fee to eAsiointi electronically if they have entered their email address in the application for early childhood education and authorized the permission to use it. Parents receive an email message when the decision has arrived. Decisions are also archived to eAsiointi in order they arrive. In other case, decisions are sent by post.
  • Early childhood education is charged, according to the customer fee law, by a monthly payment.

Beginning early childhood education

Online reservation information to the guardians

Open early childhood education

Further information about family activities and early childhood education clubs offered by open early childhood education is available at Päiväkoti Sinilintu, director Kirsi-Marja Hyppölä, tel. 044 793 4579. An application for a club can be printed via the website of early childhood education and it can be returned  to Päiväkoti Sinilintu. Services for open early childhood education clubs are free of charge. If a child has a place in open early childhood education, you can still get the child home care allowance from Kela.

Private early childhood education

Places available in private day care centres and at family day care provider’s can be enquired direct from a private service provider. It is possible to apply a service voucher for early childhood education in private day care centers. Private family day care  is supported by a private day care allowance ( KELA ) and a municipal supplement ( KELA).