Children are:-

• able to feel safe and happy
• gaining in independence and self-confidence
• learning through using their senses and material
• encouraged to develop curiosity
• focused and interested in their work
• able to have free choice in a prepared environment
• led from the concrete to the abstract
• responsible for their own actions
• working at their own pace
• introduced individually to the next stage of work
• building concentration while engaged in practical life activities
• becoming masters of their environment
• able to reach abstraction through repetition