To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore,… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The possibility of observing the developments of the psychical life of the child as natural phenomena and experimental reactions transforms the school… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Little children, from the moment they are weaned, are making their way toward independence. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
When we want to infuse new ideas, to modify or better the habits and customs of a people, to breathe new vigor… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The observation of the way in which the children pass from the first disordered movements to those which are spontaneous and ordered -- this… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger.… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The possibility of observing the developments of the psychical life of the child as natural phenomena and experimental reactions transforms the school itself in… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
