Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
MARIA MONTESSORIWhen the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.
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The social relations which are the basis of the reproduction of the species are founded upon the continuous union of parents in marriage.
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The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading.
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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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To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
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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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Noble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased.
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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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To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing.
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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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There can be no ‘graduated exercises in drawing’ leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the development of mechanical technique and through the freedom of the spirit.
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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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When the child begins to think and to make use of the written language to express his rudimentary thinking, he is ready for elementary work; and this fitness is a question not of age or other incidental circumstance but of mental maturity.
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
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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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Moral Education is the source of that spiritual equilibrium on which everything else depends and which may be compared to that physical equilibrium or sense of balance, without which it is impossible to stand upright or to move into any other position.
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