The Butterflies

The children in the “Butterfly” group are 5 and 6 years of age and receive maximum support in their becoming ready for primary school.
In this group the children develop their social-emotional skills as well as their fine- and gross motor skills, their cognitive, mathematical, linguistic and creative skills which are vital for school readiness.
Our pre-school programme Language, Communication and Literacy fosters phonic awareness, the understanding of the sound system, letter-tracing and blending these letters to form words.
Our programme in the field of Mathematics supports the children in their logical and abstract thinking which leads to the understanding of abstract numbers and the principles of addition and subtraction. Moreover, the children are familiarized with different shapes and sizes.
In “Knowledge and Understanding of the world” the teachers and the children carry out simple scientific experiments so as to familiarize the children in an age-appropriate manner with physical and chemical processes. In this the children are encouraged to make meaning of the world around them by asking “why?”