Quote by Trevor Eissler

“My experiences as a Montessori teacher have led me to realize that our goal as educators is not to impart facts to children as…

— Elizabeth White

“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 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

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

“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

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

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

“The gravedigger's work is charming when done by a child.”

— Victor Hugo

“There is something about raising a child that helps to sharpen one's sense of what is real.”

— Dan Simmons

“Each child holds the World in an open hand to mould it into any shape they choose...”

— Laura Crean

“When children meet other children, they have to do something -- fight or play.”

— Lavinia Greenlaw

“The girl's the Michelangelo of torture. She'd paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with a scalpel.She is so ruthlessly skilled, she'll hurt you…

— Morgan Chalfant