| Age: | English Name: | Dutch Name: |
| 05-07 (boys and girls) | Beaver Scouts | Bevers |
| 07-11 (boys) | Cubs | Welpen |
| 07-11 (girls) | Brownies | Kabouters |
| 07-11 (boys and girls) | Estas | Estas |
| 11-14 (boys) | Boy Scouts | Landverkenners |
| 11-14 (girls) | Girl Scouts | Padvindsters |
| 11-14 (boys and girls) | Sea Scouts | Zeeverkenners |
| 11-14 (boys and girls) | Air Scouts | Luchtverkenners |
| 14-17 (boys and girls) | Pioneer Scouts | Rowans en Sherpa's |
| 17-21 (boys and girls) | Rover Scouts | Stam |
The Estas were founded because some Dutch groups have too few troop leaders to have both an Brownie and a Cub troop. To solve this problem, groups can merge Cubs and Brownies in to an Esta troop. For example, an 8 year old girl can choose (if her group has both a Brownie troop as well as an Esta troop). Estas are new in our HQ organization, and they have their own program, own uniform and their own patches.
We also have a special care group within our Dutch HQ called Blue Bird (blauwe vogels) for children with an handicap. I don't know the age level of this troop.
Here in the Netherlands we have as grades at school:
| 02-04 years | Pre-kindergarden |
| 04-05 years | Group 1 |
| 05-06 years | Group 2 |
| 06-07 years | Group 3 |
| 07-08 years | Group 4 |
| 09-10 years | Group 5 |
| 10-11 years | Group 6 |
| 11-12 years | Group 7 |
| 12-13 years | Group 8 |
Contributed by:
Matthijs Althoff
Brownie troop leader Cycloongroup Borculo, the Netherlands.
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