Early childhood facilities

**Early childhood care facilities** ensure the health, safety, well-being and development of the children entrusted to them. They enable parents to reconcile their professional and family life. To do this, they offer different reception time opportunities depending on the needs of families: * regular reception (needs known in advance and recurring) * occasional reception (needs known in advance one-off and non-recurring) * exceptional or emergency reception (unregistered families and unanticipated needs) ** ** **Glossary**: **Collective or multi-host Little Childhood**: Children are accommodated in schools from three months until they enter nursery school. They are divided into homogeneous age groups. The operation of each institution is carried out by a multidisciplinary team of educational and technical staff under the responsibility of a director, a psychologist and a doctor. **Children’s gardens or daycare stop**: Kindergarten is a day-to-day care system halfway between the collective crèche and the kindergarten. It offers educational activities that promote the awakening of children. Opening hours usually correspond to the hours worked by the collective crèche. **PMI**: The IMP brings together all medical and social missions (medical consultations, home visits, speech groups) to ensure the prevention and protection of children and the family. Teams of professionals support fathers and mothers in their role as parents and monitor the health and development of their children up to the age of 6. **RAMAP**: Led by professionals from the Little Childhood, the Relais are designed to promote and enhance individual reception methods. These are places of reception and information for parents wishing to employ a kindergarten assistant or a parental assistant. Group receptions for children accompanied by their maternal or parental assistant and festive events are also organised during the year. **Multi-private reception**: Private establishments without a contract with the city, private crèches, micro-crèches.