這個幼稚園和台灣的不太一樣, 荷蘭小朋友是在四歲左右進小學(Basis school), 在那之前大部份父母都會送小孩到托兒所(Kinderopvang), 通常一送就是整天, 小寶寶三個月大就可以送去那裡, 如果小朋友沒去Kinderopvang, 通常在兩歲前專門檢查小朋友成長的機構會建議送小朋友去幼稚園(Peuterspeelzaal), 每個地區的政策不太一樣, 像我們這個鎮在小朋友兩歲左右就可以上幼稚園, 每星期一個早上, 兩歲半時可增加至一個早上一個下午, 如果是教育程度較差的父母, 還有特別安排第三次親子一起活動的時段。
上週三(1/10)Alec第一次到幼稚園, 我和Jurgen兩個人好緊張, 我怕Alec被欺負, Jurgen擔心Alec的反應, 去之前我還要拼命對自己說, 這是成長必經的歷程, Alec要學習分享. 禮讓和保護自己, 還好第一次為了讓小朋友習慣, 報到時間完全和其他小朋友接送時間錯開, Alec除了剛開始抱著爸爸的大腿不放之外, 後來玩得好高興, 甚至還不肯回家呢!
昨天(1/17)才是真正的考驗, Alec剛開始一樣抱大腿, 後來就自己跑去玩耍, 看到爸爸跟他說爸爸先回家等一下再來接Alec, Alec還沒什麼反應, 等到爸爸關上門後, Alec馬上哭出來, 爸爸從窗戶偷看, 發現Alec站在門前哭。 來接Alec的時候, 老師說Alec哭了一下子就繼續玩了, Alec班上約有10-11個小朋友, 裡面還有兩個西班牙/荷蘭混血的小朋友, 所以Alec不是唯一一個雙語小朋友, 我想Alec慢慢的會愛上這裡的!
- 1/31剛好是星期三, 原本打算做一個天線寶寶蛋糕請小朋友吃, 不過幼稚園的人說, 兩歲還不懂生日是什麼, 他們三歲才有特別的慶祝。 不過我的重點不是慶祝, 而是和其他小朋友分享我們的喜悅呀!
- 外一小朋友一直哭怎麼辦? 幼稚園會打電話通知父母來接回家!
- Kinderopvang是個統稱, 包含Gastouder(父母親在家幫忙看別人的小孩, 當然必須符合安全規定). Kinderdagverblijf/Creche托兒所, 以前我都搞不清楚Kinderopvang和Creche的分別, 荷文維基百科有很詳細的解釋
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Hello:
I registered Horatio in Daycare as well, fingers crossed he will get a place coz so far I can only find one that is near my mum's and in on my way to work!
We hire a in-home nanny for two weeks before Christmas (coz my mum is away for two months and none of us can get any more annual leave during this two weeks). She charge NZD $16.50 per hour--suck my whole month's salary dry!!!! I don't think I will do it again, leaving my baby and the house to a complete stranger is just downright dodgy!!
We decided to start this daycare thingy with just one day a week, then gradually move to full time.
Tank
NZD$16.50 is about 9 euro! Today I just heard from my friend that her neighbor found someone to take care of her kids for 8 euro per hour. BUT she has 3 kids!
I think in-home nanny is nice once awhile. Daycare center is still nicer. Kids can learn how to get along with other kids early.
In Holland, it's popular for parents to work part time. I have heard quite some people really criticising parents who send their kids to daycare 5 days a week. They say if they don't want to spend time with kids. Then should never have kids. Really narrow minded.
Hi, there:
Well, perhaps they can come minding the babies for us??
Yeah, we got that comments here, too. You shouldn't give babies dummies la, should stay home with them and not going to work la (yeah, right, who's going to buy foods with what feeding them?), you shouldn't let them sleep in the cot alone la, you sholdn't put a rope around then treating them like a dog la (who's going to play chasy in the public places??), you should have another one while this one is still young so there is no sibling rivary la (I 've been harassing to death about this ....) etc. etc. Everyone have everything about babies. Personally I won't give a tose about it. It's our baby and only we know what works best between the baby and us.
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