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Child Care and Kindergartens
No one will force your child to go to kindergarten, but if you (or your child) would like to, registration takes place usually in the spring. Even so, most kindergartens will accept children later if there’s still room. If the kindergarten, the parents (and the child) agree, the little one can stay either in the morning from 8 a.m. to noon and/or in the afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. Kindergarten costs vary. Public ones cost between 70 and 120 euro a month; private ones between 150 and 200 euro. For those parents who are looking for care for the entire day, there are some all-day kindergartens where your child can stay from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. But it’s difficult to find a spot at these places, simply because they’re so few in number. Every child in Germany over the age of three has the right to a place in a kindergarten and can spend mornings there until about 12:30 p.m.
Children Under Three
For very young children, between the ages of one and three, all-day care is possible at day nurseries. But as with all-day kindergartens, it’s hard to find free spots here. So-called “Day Mothers” (Tagesmütter) often provide day care in their own homes. You and the day care provider can agree on when you will drop off and pick up your child, and you aren’t bound to the specific times of other day care institutions. Babysitters, who charge an hourly fee to look after children, often advertise their services on notice boards found in supermarkets or kindergartens. Information about kindergartens, “Tagesmütter” and other day care options is available at youth offices, or city and municipal administration offices.
Schools
Studying with Children
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