Should Quotes by Maria Montessori

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

— Maria Montessori

The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.

— Maria Montessori

Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will…

— Maria Montessori

The greatest triumph of our educational method should always be this: to bring about the spontaneous progress of the child.

— Maria Montessori

Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always…

— Maria Montessori

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should…

— Maria Montessori

Education should no longer be most imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities.

— Maria Montessori

Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear, striking his imagination. Once this love has been kindled, all problems…

— Maria Montessori

Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be…

— Maria Montessori

The environment itself will teach the child, if every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent…

— Maria Montessori

The aim of education should not be to teach how to use human energies to improve the environment, for we are finally…

— Maria Montessori

If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they…

— Maria Montessori

In the vivid description of the Gospel, it would seem that we must help the Christ hidden in every poor man, in…

— Maria Montessori

When mental development is under discussion, there are many who say, 'How does movement come into it? We are talking about the…

— Maria Montessori

What advice can we give to new mothers? Their children need to work at an interesting occupation: they should not be helped…

— Maria Montessori

Education should therefore include the two forms of work, manual and intellectual, for the same person, and thus make it understood by…

— Maria Montessori

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The…

— Maria Montessori

There should be music in the child's environment, just as there does exist in the child's environment spoken speech. In the social…

— Maria Montessori

The great constructive energies of the child ... have hitherto been concealed beneath an accumulation of ideas concerning motherhood. We used to…

— Maria Montessori

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate…

— Maria Montessori

Red RodsBefore elaborating any system of education, we must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of a child's…

— Maria Montessori

The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension…

— Maria Montessori

The child should love everything he learns. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear. Once this love has…

— Maria Montessori

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

— Maria Montessori

The needs of mankind are universal. Our means of meeting them create the richness and diversity of the planet. The Montessori child…

— Maria Montessori