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
For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind? — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“You are enough. You are more than enough. You have always been and will always be enough. Keep shining bright, and never… — Leyda Lazo 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
Adults have not understood children or adolescents and they are, as a consequence, in continual conflict with them. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There is in every child a painstaking teacher so skillful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. We then become witnesses to the development… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
This is education, understood as a help to life; an education from birth, which feeds a peaceful revolution and unites all in… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Children love to polish brass and silver, then move on to polishing their own shoes.” — Tim Seldin Copy Share Image
We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image