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Child supervision
Regardless of where you live or work in the Rhine-Neckar
Metropolitan Region, child-supervision institutes and
supervision possibilites are listed in the child-care data base
for the entire region. A single indication e.g. the residential zip
code is sufficient in order to receive a comprehensive
overview of all available services on offer. Via further search
criteria such as "age of the child", "length of time of the
desired supervision" and "kind of offer" the search can be
further specified. To aid you in your search we have
extended here to describe which kind of care is meant by
such terms as “day nursery” or “playgroup”.
Kinderbetreuungs-
Datenbank
Child minders
Care and supervison of children in a near family environment and in a small group
of max. 5 children in the house of the day-care person.
Day nurseries
Institutions, in which children from the age of 0 to 3 are institutionally cared for half
or all day with a supervised time of over 15 hours per week.
Parent-child groups
In these groups parents and their children meet with other parents and their children, in order to
exchange experiences and form social contacts.
Nursery Schools and after school care nursery
This form of supervision refers to school children and is located either in child day care centres (nursery
schools) or at the school (nursery at the school). Following the daily school lessons and in the holidays
the care nursery is offered. The offer mostly refers to primary school children and to pupils up to 14 years.
Child day care centres
Child day care establishments are facilities, in which children spend part of or entire days on a daily basis
and are taught in goups. Child day care centres are therefore the general term covering and including
offers for infants, kindergarten children, preschool programmes, as well as school children.
Play groups
In these groups children at pre-school age meet with their parents, in order to play with other children.
These are identical to parent-child groups. There is no requirement for qualified staff.
Supervised play groups
These supervised play groups are usually for children at the age of 0 to 3 years with a supervision time of
10 to 15 hours per week.
Kindergarten or play school
Establishment in which children are cared for from the end of their third year of age to their school
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