Achieve Quote by Maria Montessori

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works…

— Maria Montessori

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

— Maria Montessori

“The child must be given activities that encourage independence, and he must not be served by others in acts he can learn to perform…

— Paula Polk Lillard

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

— Maria Montessori

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

— Anonymous

The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'.

— Maria Montessori

“What to us looks like independence is really just dependence transferred. We are in such a hurry for our children to be able to…

— Gordon Neufeld

“The psychological analysis of any normal development will make it clear that, if he is to grow up, it is not merely unavoidable but…

— Erich Neumann

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

— Maria Montessori

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

— Maria Montessori

“No intelligent radical can fail to realize the need of the rational education of the young. The rearing of the child must become a…

— Alexander Berkman

INDEPENDENT: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

— Nikhil Saluja