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Japanese Day Care Environment
The children’s primary caregivers are all licensed nursery school teachers. Any part-time staff are usually student teachers. The staff include a full-time nurse and a full-time dietician who plans all of the children’s meals. The children are divided into groups according to age and there is usually a ratio of one teacher per two or three children. The day-care centres are well lit, brightly decorated, and clean. At naptime all the children sleep on their own little futons, using their own sheets, which are brought home every week and washed.
Rules and regulations
The rules, regulations, and preparation tasks can be a bit frustrating. Labels must be sewn onto your kid’s sheets and elastic must be sewn around a towel for the top part of their futon. There are bags for everything: the pool, dirty clothes, sheets, notebooks, the hand towel, and shoes. Preparation tasks for children under two years of age include taking your child’s temperature every day. If your child’s temperature is over 37.9 they must stay at home.
Cost
This is based on your household’s total annual income and is quite affordable.
How to apply for public day care
Go to the child welfare and care services division at your ward office. If you know that you will be working following the birth of your child, you should apply as soon as you are physically able. Complete the application forms ahead of time. Day care classes begin in April and your infant must be six months old by April 1.
Applicants are chosen according to their need: single mothers and those with no backup support systems have priority.