Pre-primary education is part of the life-long learning path that begins at home and in early childhood education, and continues after pre-primary education in basic education.

Pre-primary education aims to promote children’s development and learning facilities, as well as to boost their social skills and healthy self-esteem together with their families. Pre-primary education is obligatory, goal-oriented and based on Lempäälä’s pre-primary education curriculum. A learning plan will be compiled for all children together with the children and their parents.

In pre-primary education, children experience and learn new things as part of a peer group. Pre-primary education consists of learning modules—of various scope and implementation—that are based on the children's interests as well as on pre-primary education's shared goals. In pre-primary education, learning takes place largely through play, and there is always time for play during the pre-primary education day. In addition to play, different experiential and operational approaches offer experiences and boost the children's motivation to learn.