Books are mute as far as sound is concerned. It follows that reading aloud is a combination of two distinct operations, of two ‘languages.’ It is something far more complex than speaking and reading taken separately by themselves.
MARIA MONTESSORIIn 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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Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
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Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery, man can travel with an ever increasing velocity; he can fly through the air and go beneath the surface of the ocean.
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Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
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With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
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The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man.
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The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.
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The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence.
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Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
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An unconscious mind can be full of intelligence. One will find this type of intelligence in every being, and every insect has it.
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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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It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.
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Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her with a weak, feckless son.
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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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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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