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.
MARIA MONTESSORIOne test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
More Maria Montessori Quotes
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The ancient superficial idea of the uniform and progressive growth of the human personality has remained unaltered, and the erroneous belief has persisted that it is the duty of the adult to fashion the child according to the pattern required by society.
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The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it.
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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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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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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.
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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course.
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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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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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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 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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The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is master of his actions, just as one who has acquired physical poise can move freely.
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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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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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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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