Dutch
Develop a love for words!
Stories to read, hear and talk about in Dutch, new words, writing, and grammar in three stages, up to verb spelling with -d, -t and -dt.
Your AI mentor
Willem van Oranje
Father of the Netherlands, 1533 to 1584
Willem is calm and encouraging. He reads with your child, asks what a sentence means, and points at the clue when a word is hard.
An AI character inspired by Willem van Oranje, not the real person.
What’s inside
3 courses, lesson by lesson
17 modules in the curriculum
- 01
Story worlds
- Discovery
- School life
- Family and home
- Feelings and choices
- Nature and animals
- Problem and solution
- Exploring the world
- Conversations
- Time and change
- Mini story series
- 02
Skills practice
- Reading
- Listening
- Vocabulary
- Writing
- 03
Grammar
- Stage 1: what a sentence is, capitals and punctuation
- Stage 2: personal pronouns and verbs with ik, jij, hij and zij
- Stage 3: verb spelling with -d, -t or -dt
A sample lesson, about 10 minutes
A lesson with Willem van Oranje
- 1
Hear the difference
Two words that sound alike: bos and bus. Say the right one.
- 2
Say it back
Repeat a short sentence about Daan in the forest.
- 3
Answer in a sentence
Answer a question with a whole sentence.
- 4
Tell it yourself
Describe the little door in your own words.

Skills to grow towards
What your child practises
Finds the main idea of a short Dutch text or recording
Points to the sentence that proves an answer
Answers out loud in a complete sentence
Questions from parents
Explore Dutch with your child
Discover the lessons with Willem van Oranje, together.
