Day-care centres in each area providing pre-primary education
Day-care centres in each area providing pre-primary education 2026–2027:
Haapaniemi
Niirala (groups at Haapaniemi school)
Hiltulanlahti
Inkilänmäki – Kettulanlahti
Juankoski
Jynkkä
Jynkkä (groups at Jynkkä school)
Kaislastenlahti
Centre of Karttula
Pre-primary education organised by basic education at Pihkaimäki school and at Kissakuusi school.
City centre
Alava day-care centre (groups at Niirala school)
Maljapuro day-care centre (group at Snellman school)
Mustinlampi day-care centre (only for children in need of regular shift care hours)
Pumpputori day-care centre (Montessori groups for 3–6-year-olds) (Secondary search)
Private day-care centre/ The English Kindergarten of Kuopio
Steiner school Virkkula. To enrol, contact the school directly.
Kurkimäki
Private day-care centre / Touhula Vehmasmäki
Käärmelahti
Länsi-Puijo – Julkula
Länsi-Puijo day-care centre (groups at Länsi-Puijo school)
forest school pre-primary group at a campfire hut (Secondary search)
Centre of Maaninka
Maaninka day-care centre (group at Maaninkajärvi school)
Melalahti
Melalahti day-care centre (groups at Melalahti school)
Männistö
Männistö day-care centre (primarily for children in need of evening care)
Neulamäki
Tukkipoika day-care centre (at Neulamäki school)
Pre-primary education organised by the Christian comprehensive school of Kuopio (day-care centre Timantti). To enrol, contact the day-care centre or school directly.
Centre of Nilsiä
Nilsiä day-care centre (groups at the centre of Nilsiä )
Pihkainmäki
Pre-primary education organised by basic education at Pihkainmäki school in 2026-2027.
Pirtti – Saaristokaupunki
Kuoppamäki day-care centre (only for children in need of evening care)
Takkapolku day-care centre (groups in a building located in the Pirtti schoolyard)
Puijonlaakso
Puijonlaakso day-care centre (groups at Rajala school)
Forest school pre-primary group at a campfire hut (Secondary search)
Puistokaupunki – Petonen
Maunolanmäki day-care centre (groups at Pitkälahti school)
Päiväranta
Päiväranta day-care centre (groups at Puijonsarvi school)
Saarijärvi – Rahusenkangas
Vuorilampi day-care centre (groups at Kalevala school)
Saaristokaupunki
Lehtoniemi day-care centre (groups at the day-care centre and Martti Ahtisaari school)
Uppo-Nalle day-care centre (group at the day-care centre)
Forest school pre-primary group at a campfire hut (Secondary search)
Pölläkänlahti day-care centre (groups at Aurinkorinne school)
Särkiniemi
Särkiniemi day-care centre (groups at Särkiniemi school)
Vehmersalmi
Vehmersalmi day-care centre (group at Vehmersalmi school)