Ahead of time Quote by Paula Polk Lillard

“The needed materials for each specific activity are gathered together on a tray for the child. This preselection by the adult is necessary because,…

— Paula Polk Lillard

The instructions of the teacher consist then merely in a hint, a touch-enough to give a start to the child. The rest develops of…

— Maria Montessori

The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly age is…

— David Elkind

“Children need time to become themselves--through play and social interaction. If you overwhelm a child with stuff--with choices and pseudochoices--before they are ready, they…

— Kim John Payne

There's all kinds of research that shows children operate best if they start the day with some proper food inside them - it's a…

— Jack Monroe

“Dear Friends: As one who has experimented extensively with life in the home and community, using real people in true-life situations, I doubt that…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger.…

— Maria Montessori

The present practice is to impress one's own discoveries, opinions and principles on the child by constantly directing his actions. The last thing to…

— Ellen Key

A child, like a ball of dough, must be raised to achieve success.

— Sabreen

“Because the materials selected for a specific purpose such as food preparation are set on a tray in order and sequence of use, from…

— Paula Polk Lillard

“Let the tutor not merely require a verbal account of what the boy has been taught but the meaning and the substance of it:…

— Michel de Montaigne

[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of every kind…

— John B. S. Haldane