handle variations in learning

In a group where children vary in their learning abilities and learning style, the teacher must:

moderate the learning environment for meeting varied learning needs of the children.
focus on what children need to learn or how they will get access to the information.
design activities in which children engage to make sense of or acquire the content.
culminate projects that enable children to rehearse, apply and extend what they have learnt in a topic.
allow children to work in different groups — sometimes with children at same level of readiness or with mixed- readiness groups, with children having similar interests or with children having different interests, with peers who learn as they do, or randomly, and often with the class as a whole.
divide the whole group into two groups with varying abilities and ages. While the younger age group of children with emerging abilities is engaged in free play, the teacher conducts the guided activities with the older age group of children with higher abilities. After a period of 20 minutes, the teacher can conduct guided activities for the younger age group with emerging abilities while the older age group children are engaged in free play. Thus, the teacher will be able to manage the varying abilities and age groups through developmentally appropriate activities.