Attention Quote by Lev S. Vygotsky

Childhood is analogous to language learning. It has a biological basis but cannot be realized unless a social environment triggers and nurtures it, that…

— Neil Postman

The early socialization of a child is crucial.

— Ruth Westheimer

Understanding child development takes the emphasis away from the child's character--looking at the child as good or bad. The emphasis is put on behavior…

— Ellen Galinsky

Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other people,interact…

— Stanley Greenspan

The child, merely by going on with his life, learns to speak the language belonging to his race. It is like a mental chemistry…

— Maria Montessori

“The transmission of culture assures the survival of the particular forms given to our existence and expression as human beings. It goes much beyond…

— Gabor Maté

Human learning presupposes a specific social nature and a process by which children grow into the intellectual life of those around them

— Lev S. Vygotsky

At each stage of development the child needs different resources from the family. During the first year, a variety of experience and the availability…

— Jerome Kagan

Children, then, acquire social skills not so much from adults as from their interactions with one another. They are likely to discover through trial…

— Zick Rubin

“As children develop, their brains "mirror" their parent's brain. In other words, the parent's own growth and development, or lack of those, impact the…

— Daniel J. Siegel

From the earliest moments of life, children begin to learn the fundamentals of language. The most powerful influence for effective language development are the…

— David Perlmutter

Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of…

— Emma Goldman