Children Quote by Elizabeth White

“Montessori is about a kid with a stick, digging a hole in the mud—hands dirty, engaged, fascinated, uninterrupted.”

— Trevor Eissler

“Montessori called the child under six years old "a sensorial explorer" and based her educational approach for the child's early years upon the child's…

— Paula Polk Lillard

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

— Maria Montessori

I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and awakening their…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Montessori Method- learning by doing-once again became my stock in trade...

— Katharine Graham

The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to become from…

— Maria Montessori

We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits that were…

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather…

— Maria Montessori

“You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”

— Dave Cullen

“Children only know what you teach them.”

— Paul Ramsey

“Through play, children experience a greater confidence in their bodies, surroundings and themselves. They become familiar with what they can and cannot do.”

— Iben Dissing Sandahl