The child, merely by going on with his life, learns to speak the language belonging to his race. It is like a mental chemistry that takes place in the child. Maria Montessori belongchemistrychild Change image and share on social
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. Maria Montessori aloudbookcombination share on social
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men. Maria Montessori childmakerman Change image and share on social
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.' Maria Montessori childexistgreat Change image and share on social
The child who concentrates is immensely happy. Maria Montessori childconcentratehappy Change image and share on social
The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it. No, the child is the builder of man. There is no man existing who has not been formed by the child he once was. Maria Montessori builderchildempty share on social
If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested. Maria Montessori intelligencelifemanifest Change image and share on social
Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life. Maria Montessori adaptconditioneducation Change image and share on social
When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education. Maria Montessori attentionchildcontrol Change image and share on social
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil. Maria Montessori acquirechilddifference Change image and share on social
