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About this care
Welcome to childcare JOY in Zwolle! We provide loving care, developmental guidance and daily nature experiences in our beautiful green outdoor space. This enhances children's self-reliance, resilience and vocabulary.
At JOY, we provide daycare for children aged 0-4 years. Play is the primary way for children to discover, experience, explore and develop. Therefore, play holds an important place within JOY and in our spacious outdoor area. Through play, children develop and connect with their environment. It is essential that children can develop their own play. Our pedagogical staff guide children by offering encouragement and challenges. When children play independently, we step back, allowing them to develop and express themselves in their own creative way and at their own pace.
In addition to free play, we offer a variety of activities: playing with materials, music, word and gesture, language, dance and visual arts. All developmental areas are stimulated. Daily, we work on children's self-reliance and independence. Over time, children learn to go to the toilet independently, wash hands, put on jackets and shoes, clean up, take out a puzzle, complete it and put it away, etc.
We work in a child-centered way: we observe what the child can already do and where they are at developmentally. Children receive compliments when they succeed and a helping hand when they need assistance.Read more
Practical info
Location highlights
GGD Inspection
All good
Inspection date: November 17, 2025
Strengths
- Small-scale operation with short lines of communication
- All staff properly qualified and registered
- Up-to-date safety and health policy with risk management
- First Aid-certified adult always present
- Complete domestic violence reporting protocol and complaints procedure in place
- Parents actively involved through various channels
- No complaints in 2024
- No shortcomings for two consecutive years
Summary
Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Eigen&Wijzer KDV Joy in Zwolle (32 places) was inspected unannounced on 17 November 2025. The annual supervision review shows that the location meets statutory requirements across all assessed areas – pedagogical climate, staff and groups, safety and health, and parental rights. The small-scale, Christian-inspired facility offers daycare (kinderdagverblijf) as well as after-school care (BSO). All staff hold valid Certificate of Conduct (VOG) declarations, proper qualifications, First Aid certificates, and required language and infant care skills. Safety and health policy, domestic violence reporting protocol, and complaints procedure are in place and up to date. There is no parent committee (not mandatory for fewer than 50 children), but parents are involved through parent evenings, newsletters, parent portal, and satisfaction surveys. No shortcomings have been identified over the past two years. The municipality is advised not to take enforcement action.
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