Pilke päiväkodit, a firm that offers early childhood education, and Läringsverkstedet, a company that operates as day care centers for children, agreed to merge as Läringsverkstedet becomes the new owner of Pilke. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Pilke will continue to serve Finnish families with children like before. We are happy and proud to become part of Läringsverkstedet. We share the same Nordic views on early childhood education and child-centered pedagogic principles, as well as the common world of values that safeguards the child’s growth and learning. We want to develop the innovations of future early childhood education together and take Nordic early childhood education know-how to the world," Minna Martikainen, Pilke päiväkodit CEO.