Noble ideas, great sentiments have always existed and have always been transmitted, but wars have never ceased. Maria Montessori ceaseexistgreat Change image and share on social
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. Maria Montessori carefulchildcontinue share on social
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. Maria Montessori adultancientbelief share on social
Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission. Maria Montessori childconsciousnessduty Change image and share on social
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit. Maria Montessori bodydependlife Change image and share on social
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 Montessori developdiscovereducation Change image and share on social
Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her with a weak, feckless son. Maria Montessori burdendependencefeckless Change image and share on social
Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous moral explosions, but against the strong walls of an impregnable fortress strongly built up, stone by stone, beginning at that distant day when the foundations were first laid. Maria Montessori beginbombbuild share on social
At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school. The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man. Maria Montessori acquisitionagechild share on social
If education is protection to life, you will realize that it is necessary that education accompany life during its whole course. Maria Montessori accompanyeducationlife Change image and share on social
