Lots of nature...
playground...
home made food...
great staffs....
and bird humming, twittering...♪
Playing with sand and eating good, jippee
We will put Jack-san in a new place around our place soon, also jippee
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We drive him to this daycare center which is near our old apartment.Only 10 kids in his class "lingonet"= the lingonberry group, very calm and nature environmental place.
3 teachers for his class. I believe in daycare center especially for small kids which is away from city noise/crowds..etc. I want Jack to spend quality time walking in the nature, looking at trees, playing with sand, water, flowers and grass having lots of possibilities playing outside.
The great facilities inside the building, food and staffs are important, too.
Winter here in Stockholm is cold and dark, but
they are everyday out and playing in the snow.I think Swedish daycare centers are unique and great and this is also the reason that we're staying here.
I see the quality in daycare center.
When we were in Amsterdam looking for the possibilities for Jack's daycare center, we spent whole day checking places for Jack, but I could hardly found something that I felt "this is it!".
Some even looked as almost like a small rabbit cage. Most of them had small asphalt playgrounds between the buildings, tiny space where one room for play and another for sleep, sandwich lunch and no eco foods, many stairs or no place to put buggy and got really chocked.
(Eco foods not popular in Holland.....??)
Erik told me that Amsterdam is a city with limited spaces and this is the reality, but I also wondered where would parents place kids whom are keen about food, nature and calm places....?
(maybe one stays home in that case???... nanny???)
The funny thing is that if you are used to city life, you would not even noticed the value of nature so much.
(I found 2 nice place between Jacques and Erik's apartment with great facilities and totally closed community daycare center where we signed up and even got a place and in front of the big park although they had a very simple lunch and small garden. I also liked the place where Hanno's daughter goes) If I ever move to Amsterdam, I would probably have a hard time finding the right place.
My dream place for Jack's daycare center is in the middle of forest in Norway the one I saw on TV many years ago. Or in the Swiss mountain sounds great as well.
We have been to 6 daycare centers for check-up in Stockholm.
1 was parents cooperative, 3 private ones, 2 public ones including where he is.
Stockholm areas daycare centers are mostly provided by the state (all public and some private ones) and you need to be in the waiting cue.
Our area is very popular and about 350 kids are in front of our son now in the waiting cue which means it would probably take 1-1.5 year.
I thought this is no chance to get the nearest one from the
state now, so I decided to approach private ones which are not in the state cues.
Now Jack got a place near the home. 4months old newly built place, amazing building with super great high standard facilities and near the park.
I applied 2 months ago and there should be about 300-400 kids in the waiting cue at least. It clearly mentioned in their HP that there will be only 4 available places in 2010 Summer.
How did he get the place then?
.....???
I directly approached the head by phone, email and visiting them with Jack showing our faces and introducing ourselves not in a pushy way, but very effective way, strongly remembers us.
and it worked!
amazing....
Mon. I phoned the head and talked.
Tue. Sent her a mail with our family situation...etc
Wed. Went to the daycare center "visning" (open day) and met her and had a tour in the daycare.Jack attended as well.
Fri. Talked on the phone with the head and got a place!
I guess private school cue system is everything up to the head.
If the head/ decision maker likes you/family, you would get it, otherwise no chance.
Also Jack behaved really good and happy when we visited them. I am sure he gave great impression to the head.
So, Jack is going to new daycare soon.
Sad to leave from the one where he goes, but I see this as a step up.
Much closer to our new home (only 3min by foot), less hours he will be at daycare center. Better facilities and seems more organized.
He will also get Eco lunch made in the daycare center by chef. Fresh food is alway nice!
I hope he would like this place and enjoy his days!
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