“adult’s role is to “teach children limits with love or the world will teach them without it.” — Paula Polk Lillard Adult Copy Share Image
“She was quite surprised to notice that the "toys" she had placed in the room were among those things virtually untouched.” — Paula Polk Lillard Heart Copy Share Image
“He is exiled in a school where to often his capacity for constructive growth and self realization is repressed.” — Paula Polk Lillard Education Copy Share Image
“..you can share his pleasure in that achievement with a warm smile.” — Paula Polk Lillard Success Copy Share Image
“The child doesn't just live in his environment, it becomes a part of him.” — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“This means that everything the child must use in taking care of himself must be in proportion to his size and ability;… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“The child must be given activities that encourage independence, and he must not be served by others in acts he can learn… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“Montessori called the child under six years old "a sensorial explorer" and based her educational approach for the child's early years upon… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“The needed materials for each specific activity are gathered together on a tray for the child. This preselection by the adult is… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“A clue can be taken from the discarded toys. Why does the child reject them? Because, according to Montessori, they do not… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“How are we to help? We need to become aware of all the ways in which we hold the child back from… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“To prepare any activity for the child, it is necessary for the parent to think through every detail ahead of time. For… — Paula Polk Lillard Ahead of time 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 Character Copy Share Image
“Instead of opportunities for serious accomplishment in our culture, we supply our children with expensive toys, hoping that these will occupy them… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“After you have demonstrated a practical-life exercise, and once your child has begun to use it with concentration, you must take care… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“Because the materials selected for a specific purpose such as food preparation are set on a tray in order and sequence of… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“The small child walks to develop his powers, he is building up his being. He goes slowly. He has neither rhythmic step… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“Adults must aim to diminish their egocentric and authoritarian attitude toward the child and adopt a passive attitude in order to aid… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“Our schools are no closer in connecting the education of children to their development as human beings: each child as an individual… — Paula Polk Lillard Children Copy Share Image
“After you have planned each detail of an activity, organized a tray of materials, and practiced with them, you can model a… — Paula Polk Lillard Child Copy Share Image
“...Montessori decided her teachers must each write their own textbook based on their own understanding of Montessori education... her own personal guidebook… — Paula Polk Lillard Education Copy Share Image
