We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
MARIA MONTESSORIThe greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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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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Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
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Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
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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 hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man’s organ of grasp and of the sense of touch, while in animals these two functions are relegated to the mouth.
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The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within the province of anthropology because the habitual, life-long expressions of the face determine the wrinkles of old age, which are distinctly an anthropological characteristic.
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If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
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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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The maternal duty of suckling her own children, prescribed to mothers by hygienists, is based on a physiological principle: the mother’s milk nourishes an infant more perfectly than any other.
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It is by developing the individual that he is prepared for that wonderful manifestation of the human intelligence, which drawing constitutes.
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With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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How can any one paint who cannot grade colors? How can any one write poetry who has not learnt to hear and see?
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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
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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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