The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference. Maria Montessori adolescencechiefchild 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
Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society. Maria Montessori bettermentchildhoodearly Change image and 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
To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest. Maria Montessori confercooperatecreate share on social
The consciousness of knowing how to make oneself useful, how to help mankind in many ways, fills the soul with noble confidence, almost religious dignity. Maria Montessori confidenceconsciousnessdignity Change image and 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
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 Montessori createeducationgive 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
