The world of the five- and six-year-old
Five and six-year-old children can take care of their own needs and the needs of others.
They can be part of a pair, small or large educational group. They continue to work on the practice of
social skills and dialogue.
We provide them with moments to practice patience through longer turns and sharing materials. We
extend the time of education by reading longer books to work on greater concentration of attention,
which is necessary in primary school.
Children learn writing letters, reading, counting, addition, subtraction, measurement, directions,
shapes and other topics necessary to start primary school education. At this stage, we extend
concentration time so that children are ready to participate in school activities.
The education program for 5-6-year-olds in kindergarten is designed to prepare children for school
and support their comprehensive development.
Social and emotional development:
-Learning cooperation and teamwork.
-Developing the ability to make and maintain friendships.
-Recognizing and naming emotions, learning empathy and understanding for others.
-Developing skills in dealing with conflicts and solving problems.
-Building self-esteem and self-confidence.
Physical development:
– Gross motor skills exercises (running, jumping, dancing, physical games).
– Fine motor skills exercises (drawing, cutting, writing, solving puzzles).
– Learning healthy eating and hygiene habits.
Introduction to simple gymnastic and sports exercises.
Cognitive development:
-Developing logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
– Learning basic mathematical concepts (counting to 100, addition, subtraction, recognizing shapes,
patterns, time and money). -Natural experiments, observations and simple experiments.
– Introduction to basic concepts from social sciences (family, community, professions).
– Learning the days of the week, months, seasons and basic time concepts.
– Introduction to various topics such as nature, animals, plants, health, ecology, space.
– Organizing thematic days or weeks that allow children to explore selected topics through various
activities.
– Art classes (drawing, painting, gluing, collages).
– Musical games (singing songs, playing simple instruments, rhythm).
– Theater classes (role play, puppet show, pantomime).
– Artistic projects related to various topics, e.g. nature, culture, history.
Language development:
– Developing communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal.
– Reading and listening to fairy tales, stories, poems.
– Learning to recognize letters and sounds, introduction to the basics of reading and writing.
– Language exercises developing vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
– Creating simple texts, letters, stories.
