During periods of the day, children are free to move around the room to choose materials or work on projects. Children sit at desks in rows facing the teacher at all times. Teachers rely heavily on workbooks and textbooks. or Children can move about freely, but the curriculum is unfocused and the classroom is chaotic. There are no stimulating materials for them to use. Teachers and children function as a community in which everyone feels respected and accepted.
Children learn to think about how their actions affect others.
Throughout the day teachers interact with children to stimulate their thinking and learning. For instance, they ask thought- provoking questions and add new elements of challenge to a task. The schedule is flexible enough to allow children ample time to do in-depth work on projects and to engage in sustained periods of silent reading and writing. The daily schedule is very rigid, with specific amounts of time devoted to separate areas of study. Children never know what's coming next and cannot prepare themselves for transition.