During this stage, the child learns guided by sensitive periods, absorbing with interest what the environment offers. The prepared environments foster concentration, order, and a natural love of learning.

Through Montessori materials, the child progresses from the concrete to the abstract through experience and repetition, strengthening their capacity for self-directed learning.

It is the stage of “How is it done?”, when the desire for independence emerges strongly:
“Help me do it by myself.”