Discover what your child learns in kindergarten and read our helpful tips.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17365,"parent":20713,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/kennisbank-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20865","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-start-at-primary-school"],"acf":{"inhoud":[{"acf_fc_layout":"inhoud_blok","afbeelding_of_video":"geen","afbeelding":false,"video":null,"intro":"Going to group 1 and kindergarten is exciting. Your child needs to get used to the new environment, the teacher, classmates, rules, and the school building and takes big steps in social-emotional development. What does your child actually learn in kindergarten (group 1 and 2)?","inhoud":"
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. Recognizing sounds in words, for example through rhyme games, also plays an important role.
\nIn group 2 your child learns to recognize letters and sometimes writes some letters or words. They also learn words such as \u2018left’, \u2018right’, \u2018under’, and \u2018above’. Attention is given to exchanging information and how to talk together.<\/p>\n
Although your child does not really learn arithmetic yet, they start counting up 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 to understand numbers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"This is how it works in primary school","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/kennisbank\/starten-op-basisschool\/kleuteronderwijs-en-kleuterleeftijd\/","target":""},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"
Besides language and math, there is also attention for 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 do crafts with different materials.<\/p>\n
Your child may still need time to get used to the school rhythm. That is why structure is very important in kindergarten. Your child’s social-emotional development makes big jumps in primary school kindergarten. They learn how to deal with their surroundings and themselves. Your child learns to cooperate, tidy up, and express themselves verbally.<\/p>\n
Topics like friendship and family come up. There is also attention for the seasons, the weather, and nature.<\/p>\n
Testing kindergarten children is usually hard because development often happens in jumps. What your child can’t do one week, they might do the next week. Age also plays a big role. Tests in kindergarten are therefore not mandatory, but the school must follow and record your child’s development in the student monitoring system.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"More about how to prepare for the first school day","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/kennisbank\/starten-op-basisschool\/eerste-schooldag\/","target":""},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"