Knowing what it is does not mean being able to apply it. Children are not merely told to be responsible, they are given opportunities to actually practice responsibility, thereby internalizing the character trait. To maximize our teaching, we want to use all the methods that are consistent with the way God made children. After years of research, experts know how children learn best.
Parents observe the same things just by being parents.
The chart shows gradual movement from the left side of the chart to the right side. Children learn best when they are first given broad, general, unified themes and then progress to more specialized study. Far better to have a general understanding and to gradually move toward more specific dates. Secondly, children learn best when given concrete, real-life experiences and then progress to abstract reasoning. The best way is to have exposure to a concrete, real-life shepherd.