Globo Guide gathers information about 300 daycare centers and preschools in Rio and São Paulo to help families
oglobo27 August 2026 at 06:30
O GLOBO launches the Guide to Daycares, a tool that brings together information on approximately 300 early childhood education schools in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to help families choose the best daycare or preschool. The guide allows filtering institutions by criteria such as tuition fees, schedules, location, infrastructure, teaching methodology, whether it is bilingual, offers full-time or part-time care, average number of students per class, access to security cameras, screen time policies, when literacy instruction begins, religious education, bathing services for babies, among other data about the schools.
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