Preschool education in the Netherlands
Kees Broekhof
2006
For a long time, preschool education in the Netherlands was in fact 'nursery school education'. Primary schools taught children the three R's and nursery schools were a separate world, where children were looked after and played together. In 1986, nursery schools and primary schools were integrated. Since then, the term 'primary school' refers to educational establishments catering for children aged 4 to 12 years, while the term 'preschool education' refers to educational provisions for children aged under four years.
In this overview, we look at various aspects of preschool education in the Netherlands. To facilitate comparison with Russian preschool education, we also include the education of 4-6-year-olds, who in the Netherlands are taught in primary school grades 1-2.
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