Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological)… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive action, to… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
Writing should be meaningful for children, Y an intrinsic need should be aroused in them, and Y writing should be incorporated into a task… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
Experience teaches us that thought does not express itself in words, but rather realizes itself in them — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share
