“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
“The child doesn't just live in his environment, it becomes a part of him.” — 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 Children 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
“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
“..you can share his pleasure in that achievement with a warm smile.” — Paula Polk Lillard Success 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 Children 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
“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 Children 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 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 Copy Share Image
“adult’s role is to “teach children limits with love or the world will teach them without it.” — 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
“...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
“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 Children 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 Children 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
“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 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 Habits Copy Share Image
