Children Quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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

— Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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 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

There will come a time when the proper education of children, by a glorified system of spontaneous education of choice, similar to the Montessori…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“Parents in the early half of the twentieth century were primarily concerned with the development of character in their children. They wanted to be…

— Paula Polk Lillard

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

Children basically need one thing: to be played with.

— Ben Miller

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

It's going to be a little further for me to take my children, but the Montessori has been good for my children so I'm…

— Connie Smith

“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

“Parents should also question much of the contemporary emphasis on special materials and equipment for learning in a child's environment. A clutter of toys…

— Raymond S. Moore

When we want to infuse new ideas, to modify or better the habits and customs of a people, to breathe new vigor into its…

— Maria Montessori