Materials

Looking for materials to practice Dutch? Come to the community center. You can get one free copy per family.

Pictogram booklets

There are 4 pictogram booklets. Each one contains illustrations and words on different topics.

  • No. 1: shopping, café, restaurant, fruit, vegetables, bakery, butcher, local shop, newsstand, gift shop, florist, shoemaker, DIY store, post office, bank, (public) transport, pharmacy, optician, clothing, hairdresser;
  • No. 2: housing, cleaning, waste sorting (organic, glass, household, hazardous, paper, PMD…), body, doctor, dentist, hospital, health insurance, police, town hall, library, station, stadium, theatre;
  • No. 3: sport, leisure (general and music), culture, tourism (general, transport, weather), pets;
  • No. 4: school, daycare, work (professions, office, industry), personal data.

Translation booklet

Have you recently moved to the municipality and don’t understand or speak much Dutch yet? The translation booklet helps you with your first contact at the town hall.
It contains basic questions and sentences for use at the counter. The vocabulary is translated into French, German, and English.

Sports booklet ‘Mijn kind wil sporten’

Looking for a Dutch-speaking sports club for your child? Don’t understand or speak much Dutch yet? This booklet helps you.
It includes images and words in Dutch to help you find a club and communicate with it.

Football booklet ‘Aftrap Nederlands’

Do you love football and want to learn Dutch? This booklet helps you do both.
It contains specific football words, illustrations, and games – fun for children and adults.
It’s a collaboration between vzw de Rand, the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), and the Dutch Language Union.

voetbal game box

The game box contains cards with illustrations and words you hear in a football club or during a camp.
Through classic games like memory or pictionary, children who know little Dutch can playfully learn football vocabulary.

Sportned app

App SportNed

With the SportNed app, you can learn and practice Dutch. You learn vocabulary and can listen, read, speak, and write.
Are you a coach, athlete, or sports parent who doesn’t speak much Dutch yet? Download the app! More info at www.sportned.be.

Leisure game box for children

This game box includes cards with illustrations and vocabulary used on the playground, during holiday camps, or summer activities.
Through games like memory and pictionary, children playfully learn essential words.

CDs for children and adults

Practice Dutch with the music of Lennaert Maes and the Bonski’s. Each CD includes a free booklet with exercises and language games.

  • Boer! (for children)

  • Het beste van de Bonski’s (for adults)

Cuisine mundial kooboek

Cookbook Cuisine Mundial

Do you enjoy cooking and trying new recipes? Then this cookbook is for you.
The Dutch used in the recipes is simple. The book contains photos of ingredients and utensils, plus an extra word list.
It also comes with a memory game featuring 30 words (60 cards) related to cooking materials and ingredients.