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Firsts Quotes by Maria Montessori
- To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.
- The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he…
- Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the path of independence…
- ... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This…
- Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious…
- The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
- Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.
- There are many who hold, as I do, that the most important part of life is not the age of university studies, but the first…
- He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.
- At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligenceHe…
- No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through…
- The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.
- The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.
- The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of…
- He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception. It is clear then that if we wish to make use of a…
- This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
- The ancient saying, "There is nothing in the intellect which was not first in some way in the senses," and senses being explorers of the…
- First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.
- The development of the child during the first three years after birth is unequaled in intensity and importance by any period that precedes or follows…
- The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to become from the…
- The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of…
- The teacher’s first duty is to watch over the environment, and this takes precedence over all the rest. It’s influence is indirect, but unless it…
- An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an…
- The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
- It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly…
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