De Groene Long

Strengths

• Pedagogical practice: staff provide emotional security through sensitive and responsive behavior, predictable structure and respectful interaction
• Children are encouraged in self-reliance and given room for choices and self-direction
• Language enrichment is structurally integrated into the daily program through reading aloud, songs, rhymes and conversations
• Social competence is actively promoted by encouraging interaction between children and reinforcing positive behavior
• Early childhood education is delivered according to the Uk & Puk method, with demonstrable attention to language, numeracy, motor skills and social-emotional development
• Professional collaboration with primary schools for warm handovers and continuity
• Safety and health: staff act in accordance with protocol, including checks during sleeping and hygienic practices
• Permanent staff and mentorship for all children ensure stability in care

Summary

Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) De Groene Long in Sint-Oedenrode, part of De Verbinding B.V., was inspected on 4 February 2026 by the Municipal Health Service (GGD) Hart voor Brabant. The location provides care for 28 children aged 0 to 4 years, divided across a daycare group (max. 12 children) and a toddler group (max. 16 children). Subsidized early childhood education is also offered. The inspection was an unannounced post-registration investigation, during which all assessed quality requirements were evaluated: pedagogical climate, staff and groups, safety and health, accommodation and parental rights. The location meets all assessed quality requirements. No violations or areas for improvement were identified. The advice to the municipality is: no enforcement.