Touhula Tikasmäki is a daycare centre located in Suurpelto, Espoo.
Touhula Tikasmäki daycare centre’s pedagogical themes are Language and Move. In Early Childhood Education and Care of Touhula Language daycare centres, small geniuses of verbal interaction are able to enjoy the rich world of languages. We develop children’s interaction skills through reading time, rhymes and singing games. Empathy, play, humour and learning good manners strengthen children’s skills of using language. Unhurried conversations, reading and storytelling offer different ways to reflect on the meanings of words and texts. We give children encouraging and consistent feedback, as well as support for language use competences and skills. An environment, which promotes linguistic and cultural diversity, supports children’s linguistic development and inspires children to explore and understand of new perspectives and worldviews. In Touhula Language daycare centres, children develop into tolerant, curious and warm-hearted citizens of the world.
Early Childhood Education and Care of Touhula Move involves a lot of physical movement. We encourage children to move in varied and creative ways during the day. Physical movement is present in all areas of learning, and we discuss with children about the importance of movement, rest and good relationships to wellbeing and health. Children are allowed to express themselves daily, try their own limits and experience feelings of success through physical movement. There is always time and space for natural moving and play outdoors and indoors. We promise to families that children experience the joy of movement daily. In Touhula Tikasmäki, children develop a healthy relationship to physical movement and self-care. This creates a balanced basis for healthy habits of life.
For the following issues, contact your daycare center manager:
• daycare places
• service agreements and related changes
• invoicing queries
• customer feedback and written comments on how we could improve our activities
In addition to full-day early childhood education and care, we offer a range of flexible daycare solutions to meet the various needs of families. However, there are a limited number of part-time daycare places, so please ask the Daycare Manager directly about the current situation.
The price of the early childhood education place consists of the customer fee and the deductible of the service voucher issued by the City of Espoo. The amount of the customer fee is affected by the size of the family, income and the need for care.
Our daycare centre’s customer fees are
• Full-time early childhood education,
more than 35 h / week: 30–325 € per month
• Part-time early childhood education,
more than 25 h – less than 35 h / week: 30–266 € per month
• Part-time early childhood education,
maximum 25 h / week: 30–207 € per month
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education,
at least 25 h / week: 30–266 € per month
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education,
more than 15 h – less than 25 h / week: 30–207 € per month
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education,
maximum 15 h / week: 30–133 € per month
• Full-time early childhood education, more than 35 h / week
• Part-time early childhood education, more than 25 h – less than 35 h / week
• Part-time early childhood education, maximum 25 h / week
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education, at least 25 h / week
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education, more than 15 h – less than 25 h / week
• Early childhood education connected to pre-primary education, maximum 15 h / week
Ensure your place at Touhula. We fill our places in the order in which applications arrive.
The application process is as follows:
Our daycare centre uses the service voucher of City of Espoo and a customer fee determined according to income. If necessary, the family submits income information directly to the City of Espoo’s early childhood education services.
At Touhula, we operate during the day in small groups in which each child is seen and heard as a unique individual. The childrens’ guardians also have an opportunity to be genuinely present and help fulfil their children’s needs.
The TouGo application is the primary tool for contacting the daycare centre about everyday issues concerning a child.