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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.

Maria Montessori

The respect and protection of woman and of maternity should be raised to the position of an inalienable social duty and should become one of the principles of human morality.
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Duly Inalienable Maternity Position Protection Raise Respect Social Women
When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education.
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Attention Child Control Education Entire Problem Solve
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.
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Betterment Education Every Childhood Society
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.
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Human Intelligence Intelligent Life Manifest Marvellous People Person Spoken Word
Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference.
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Child Exception Indifference Patient Previous Sensitive Suddenly Suffer
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.
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Development Expression Thought Language Mean Natural Personality Word
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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Characteristics Degree Hand Highest Human
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?
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Along Always Antiquate Conceive Education Knowledge Line Transmission
Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty – self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life.
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Beauty Control Health Life Natural Person Related Worship
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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Achieve Care Development First Great Greatest Life Taken Year
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.
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Allow Bone Children Desist Rise Simply Sit Try Twist Write
All work is noble; the only ignoble thing is to live without working.
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All Ignorable Nobel Thing Without Work
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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Activity Age Child Develop Freely Language Movement Must Safeguard
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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Color Grade Hear Learn Paint Poetry See Write
The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!
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Anything Babyhood Every Language Learn Old One Speak
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
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Child Feel Help never Succeed

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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