Kindergarten

Kindergarten prepares children for the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. Its essential objectives are socialization, the establishment of language, numbers and graphic gestures, the development of sensitivity and the personality of each student. Its methods favor manipulation, discovery, and experimentation in various fields: artistic, cultural, physical, and scientific.

Kindergarten is based on a pedagogical approach, rather than a social or hygienic one. It is the stage of early learning that will allow students to build a solid foundation that will be extended in elementary classes and that will allow them access to trilingualism at the end of these.

It has a teaching program (curriculum) defined by the Ministry of National Education in preparation for elementary school where one learns to “become a student” and to develop and structure one’s language (oral in priority, but also to enter the written word, to think about the world and to begin to analyze language).

The French kindergarten programs are developed around 5 areas:

• Mobilize language in all its dimensions (both oral and written)
• Act, express themselves and understand through physical activities (sports, games, dance…)
• Act, express themselves and understand through artistic activities (painting, drawing, singing, etc.)
• Acquire the first mathematical tools
• Explore the world (discovering science, the passing of time, the world around us…)

Kindergarten functions according to an educational model, not caring-for/ baby-sitting model. It represents a phase of early learning that will allow students to build solid foundations that will expand into primary education and provide them a foundation of becoming trilingual students.

The kindergarten curriculum is defined by the Ministry of Education of France as preparation for primary school where is learnt to “become a student” and to develop and structure language (oral language in priority, but also an introduction of written expression, in order to think about the world and start with the analysis of language). Kindergarten is accredited and is under pedagogical responsibility of the French inspectorate of the Southeast Europe – which provides supervision over the implementation of curriculum and generally over the quality of our kindergarten/school.

Kindergarten welcomes children from 2 and a half years old.

If required, diapers weaning can take place in the kindergarten. The size of the groups is limited to 20 children with a teacher and an assistant who conduct the teaching and take care of the children’s hygiene. In these exceptional conditions of the pedagogical environment, but necessary to carry out the activities, the first early learning can start that establish the reputation of French kindergartens around the world.

Children who speak and do not speak French can enrol any group in the kindergarten.

The kindergarten curriculum is divided into 5 domains of activities:

French kindergarten curriculum is developed in 5 domains:

• Learning the language in all its dimensions (oral and written);
• Expression, action and understanding through physical activities (sports, games, dance, etc.);
• Expression, action and understanding through artistic activities (painting, drawing, singing, etc.);
• Establishing the first tools for structured thinking (counting, comparing, organizing, etc.);
• Explore the world around self (discover science, time passing, the world around us, etc.).