The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Parents in the early half of the twentieth century were primarily concerned with the development of character in their children. They wanted… — Paula Polk Lillard Copy Share Image
When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child’s whole personality. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I have studied the child. I have taken what the child has given me and expressed it and that is what is… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
If the idea of the universe is presented to the child in the right way, it will do more for him than… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The Montessori Method- learning by doing-once again became my stock in trade... — Katharine Graham Copy Share Image
