Care for children and babies

What forms of care are available for children and babies?

There are many different possibilities of care for small children, the typical ones are listed below. Crèches: these are day care centres for children up to the age of three. Kindergartens: in kindergartens, children aged between three and seven years are usually looked after by educators in the morning.

Day nurseries: these are characterised by all-day childcare. Day nurseries: in day nurseries, school-age children aged seven to twelve are looked after after after school. Child minders: in a day care centre, children up to the age of three are usually looked after by a single person on their own premises.

Curative day-care centres: these serve to care for and promote children with disabilities All-day schools: these are schools where the child is looked after by teaching staff after midday. – crèches: these are day care centres for children up to the age of three

  • Kindergartens: in kindergartens, children aged three to seven years are usually looked after by educators in the morning. – Day nurseries: these are characterised by all-day childcare.
  • Day nurseries: in day nurseries, school-age children aged seven to twelve are looked after after after school. – Child minders: in a day care centre, children up to the age of three are usually looked after by a single person on their own premises. – Curative day-care centres: these are used for the care and support of children with disabilities
  • All-day schools: these are schools where the child is looked after by teaching staff beyond midday.

Child day care centre (KITA)

The day-care centre, which is also just called KITA, is a collective term for various forms of care. In Germany, however, the term KITA is understood differently depending on the region. For example, it can be a crèche where children up to the age of three are looked after by educators, child care workers and pediatric nurses.

It can also be understood as a kindergarten, which looks after children aged three to seven years. However, it can also be an after-school care centre, in which children aged seven to twelve years are looked after and can do their homework after primary school. In the classical sense, however, it describes a day-care centre that provides full-day care for children by educators, which is why the KITA is also called a full-day kindergarten in Austria.

However, the offer of all-day care, i.e. from morning to evening, does not have to be taken up by the parents. There are also half-day places available. In most KITAs, parents have to pay fees for their child, which are not uniformly regulated in Germany. This does not only depend on the region in Germany, but also on the institutions, which can be private or public.