We cannot create observers by saying ‘observe’, but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
MARIA MONTESSORITravel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
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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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The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’
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The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
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I have for many years interested myself in the study of children from three years upwards. Many have urged me to continue my studies on the same lines with older children. But what I have felt to be most vital is the need for more careful and particularized study of the tiny child.
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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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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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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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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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Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
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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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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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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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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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If the ways of the Almighty are not humanly logical, it is not the fault of the Almighty but of the limitations of human logic.
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