As a German - you know the country the word Kindergarten comes from - I'm always amazed that people consider Kindergarten to be a school of some kind.
Kindergärten aren't schools in Germany, they don't operate like schools, you don't learn to read or write, there is no math, in fact there aren't any classes nor classrooms. A lot of the time you spend in Kindergarten is purely socializing and playing with other children.
If there are groups, then only so that the educators (not teachers) don't get overwhelmed. Children are grouped randomly and stay in one group for as long as they go to Kindergarten, so you have children from 3 up to 7 in one group.
The activities that are organized or structured in any way are eating, sleeping, singing, getting told stories, making things out of paper like lanterns, a few physical activities and of course activities that happen outside of the Kindergarten.
Kindergärten exist and are important not to learn math but to learn to interact with other people, to make friends and to be a child until you are mature enough to handle a school environment. That means that while typically a child is enrolled in school with 6, some also enroll a year earlier or later depending on the child.
Kindergärten aren't schools in Germany, they don't operate like schools, you don't learn to read or write, there is no math, in fact there aren't any classes nor classrooms. A lot of the time you spend in Kindergarten is purely socializing and playing with other children.
If there are groups, then only so that the educators (not teachers) don't get overwhelmed. Children are grouped randomly and stay in one group for as long as they go to Kindergarten, so you have children from 3 up to 7 in one group.
The activities that are organized or structured in any way are eating, sleeping, singing, getting told stories, making things out of paper like lanterns, a few physical activities and of course activities that happen outside of the Kindergarten.
Kindergärten exist and are important not to learn math but to learn to interact with other people, to make friends and to be a child until you are mature enough to handle a school environment. That means that while typically a child is enrolled in school with 6, some also enroll a year earlier or later depending on the child.