It would be so simple to allow children, when tired of sitting, to rise, and when tired of writing, to desist, and then their bones would not be twisted.
MARIA MONTESSORIIf the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.
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With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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Observation, very general and wide-spread, has shown that small children are endowed with a special psychic nature. This shows us a new way of imparting education!
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The child’s mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the conscious type, that of the child is an unconscious mind. Now an unconscious mind does not mean an inferior mind.
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The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it.
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Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.
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We recommend for the training of teachers not only a considerable artistic education in general but special attention to the art of reading.
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There is need to realize the value of work in all its forms whether manual or intellectual, to be called ‘mate,’ to have sympathetic understanding of all forms of activity.
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Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization.
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In the first three years of life, the foundations of physical and also of psychic health are laid. In these years, the child not only increases in size but passes through great transformations.
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The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
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All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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This is the age in which language and movement develop. The child must be safeguarded in order that these activities may develop freely.
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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.
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