Children Quote by Alfie Kohn

“Today so many creative and devoted teachers not only have to struggle against unimaginative administrations, fearful parents, and wearied colleagues, they have also to…

— Esmé Raji Codell

“Teach the young people how to think, not what to think.”

— Sidney Sugarman

“When children are very young, they have natural curiosities about the world and explore them, trying diligently to figure out what is real. As…

— John Holt

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking…

— William Glasser

“Every now and then, I'm lucky enough to teach a kindergarten or first-grade class. Many of these children are natural-born scientists - although heavy…

— Carl Sagan

“Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding,…

— Jim Butcher

“One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has accustomed them to obedience, and experience…

— Catherine the Great

“Students Are Wise Who listen to what the Teacher Tells them”

— Smart Oyejide

It is important to engage students by focussing at what they wanted to do, rather than forcing them to do something.

— Sonam Wangchuk

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

“The more we want our children to be (1) lifelong learners, genuinely excited about words and numbers and ideas, (2) avoid sticking with what’s…

— Alfie Kohn

The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how…

— David Puttnam