In Czechland, public kindergarten (preschool) starts when the child is 3 years old. This coincides with the up to three years of parental leave that is available here.
Private kindergartens will take children at 1 year. So from when the child is born to when they can go to private kindergarten is the challenge. A parent has to stay at home or pay for a nanny. It's common here for grandparents to help out a lot with babysitting. A full-time private kindergarten can run 4.000 Kč - 20.000 Kč ($200 - $1000) per month. The prices are higher for a German or English speaking school
There is a serious shortage of public kindergartens in ČR. Around 60,000 children across the country did not get accepted. It's especially tough in Brno where more than 55% of children who applied did not get a place.
Claudia had been looking for a place for only one day per week. She heard from a colleague about an opening at a very good private kindergarten and Tünde was accepted. They took her even though she won't be one year for a few weeks. Yeah! I hear that she did great. No tears or anything. I feel like such a proud godfather.
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