Children progress through the curriculum at their own pace.
Children easily find peers working on same level, no matter what age.
The classroom accommodates the needs of individual learners by including curriculum to cover the entire span of interests and abilities up through the oldest and most accelerated students. Younger children are constantly stimulated by the interesting work of the older ones. The older students serve as tutors and role models for the younger ones, which helps them in their own mastery and leaves them with a tremendous sense of pride. By working with children for three years, teachers get to know them extremely well. Requires the teacher to have a broad education of their own.