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This is what your child learns in the kindergarten class.
Going to group 1 and the kindergarten class is exciting. Your child must get used to the new environment, the teacher, the classmates, the rules and the school building. Your child makes big steps in social and emotional development. What does your child actually learn in the kindergarten class group 1 and 2?
Dutch language: learning letters and writing
In group 1 your child works on expanding vocabulary by learning to read and sing. Conversation skills are also practiced, such as waiting your turn, listening to others and telling what you think. Recognition of sounds in words, for example through rhyming games, also plays an important role.
In group 2 your child learns to recognize letters and sometimes write some letters or words. They also learn words like ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘under’ and ‘above’. Attention is given to exchanging information and how to discuss together.
Math: learning numbers and number sense
Although your child does not really learn math yet, they start counting to 20 and recognizing quantities. They learn to recognize whole, half and quarter objects and to order and sort items by size and color. They also learn about direction and routes, for example by drawing the way from home to school. In group 2 your child learns number sense.
Gym and artistic education
Besides language and math, there is also attention to gym and artistic education. During gym children learn to balance, climb, swing, jump and aim. They move to music and play games such as tag and hide and seek. In artistic education they make music, paint or craft with different materials.
Structure and social-emotional development
Your child may still need to get used to the primary school rhythm. That is why structure is very important in the kindergarten class. Your child’s social-emotional development makes big leaps in the primary school’s kindergarten class. Children learn how to deal with their environment and themselves. Your child learns to cooperate, tidy up and express themselves verbally.
Topics like friendship and family come up. There is also attention to the seasons, weather and nature.
Tests for kindergartners
Testing kindergartners is usually difficult because development often happens in leaps. What your child cannot do one week, they can suddenly do the next week. Age also plays a big role. Tests in the kindergarten class are not mandatory, but the school must follow and record your child’s development in the student monitoring system.
To group 3
In group 3 your child works more intensively with math and language. It is therefore important that the school prepares your child well for the transition from group 2 to group 3.
Kleuterfase.
De leeftijd van een kind in groep 1 en 2 hangt af van wanneer die jarig is. Dit bepaalt of je kind als vroege of late leerling wordt beschouwd.
- Groep 1: Kinderen starten meestal als ze 4 jaar oud zijn. Afhankelijk van de verjaardag kan je kind gedurende groep 1 4 of 5 jaar oud zijn.
- Groep 2: Kinderen in groep 2 zijn meestal 5 jaar oud, maar kunnen ook al 6 jaar zijn, afhankelijk van wanneer ze jarig zijn en of ze misschien later zijn gestart.
Is je kind halverwege het jaar jarig? Dan is je kind vaak een late leerling. Is je kind aan het begin van het jaar jarig? Dan is je kind vaak een vroege leerling.
In Nederland geldt de leerplicht vanaf 5 jaar. Dit betekent dat je kind vanaf 5 jaar verplicht is om naar school te gaan. Er zijn uitzonderingen op de leerplicht bij vijfjarigen.
Er zijn strenge regels over schoolverzuim. Een kind mag alleen afwezig zijn met een geldige reden. Is je kind 4 jaar? Dan geldt de leerplicht nog niet.
In groep 3 is je kind vaak 6 jaar. De leeftijd met klasgenootjes in groep 3 kan verschillen, afhankelijk van hoe lang er gekleuterd is.
De overgang van groep 2 naar groep 3 is een belangrijke stap, omdat je kind dan begint met leren lezen, schrijven en rekenen. Er zijn geen harde, wettelijke eisen waaraan een kind moet voldoen om naar groep 3 te gaan. School beslist of je kind klaar is voor de stap naar groep 3. De school kijkt daarbij naar de algehele ontwikkeling van je kind.
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