Children are grouped in three-year spans and have the same teacher for three to six years. There is constant interaction, problem solving, child to child teaching, and socialization. Stage two is the most important and the longest with its emphasis on developing, working, experimenting, creating, transforming. This enables the child to really learn. A child is always learning something that is indirectly preparing him to learn something else, making education a joyful discovery instead of drudgery.
Children often surpass the level of knowledge of the teacher in all areas and learn to find answers.
Scientific observations of the child's development are constantly carried out and recorded by the teacher. These observations are made on the level of concentration of each child, the introduction to and mastery of each piece of material, the social development, physical health, etc. on. The environment is arranged according to subject area, and children always free to move around the room, and to continue to work on a piece of material with no time limit. The teacher is trained to teach one child at a time, with a few small groups and almost no lessons given to the whole class. She is facile in the basic lessons of math, language, the arts and sciences, and in guiding a child's research and exploration, capitalizing on his interest in and excitement about a subject.