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Maria Montessori Quotes

The teacher’s task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child’s mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer Picture Quote #1

Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities Picture Quote #1

Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us Picture Quote #1

The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then education must take as its aim the development of these hidden possibilities Picture Quote #1

We must support as much as possible the child’s desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent Picture Quote #1

There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all of the life to be found around them in a real forest Picture Quote #1

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When we want to infuse new ideas, to modify or better the habits and customs of a people, to breathe new vigor into its national traits, we must use the children as our vehicle; for little can be accomplished with adults Picture Quote #1

The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it Picture Quote #1

It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has Picture Quote #1

The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction Picture Quote #1

Solicitous care for living things affords satisfaction to one of the most lively instincts of the child’s mind. Nothing is better calculated than this to awaken an attitude of foresight Picture Quote #1

Only when the child is able to identify its own center with the center of the universe does education really begin Picture Quote #1

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Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult’s life, for it is in his early years that a man is made Picture Quote #1

For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind? Picture Quote #1

It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without letting him feel her presence too much, so that she may always be ready to supply the desired help, but may never be the obstacle between the child and his experience Picture Quote #1

Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment Picture Quote #1

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It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he will make discoveries rather more voluntarily in a gracious setting than in an ugly one Picture Quote #1

The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education Picture Quote #1

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline Picture Quote #1

We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind Picture Quote #1

There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life Picture Quote #1

A new education from birth onwards must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the law of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society Picture Quote #1

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An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child’s development Picture Quote #1

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him Picture Quote #1

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child Picture Quote #1

With younger children the greatest reward is to be able to pass on to a new stage in each subject. It is a punishment to a young child not to be allowed to use the apparatus but to sit still and do nothing Picture Quote #1

Knowing what we must do is neither fundamental nor difficult, but to comprehend which presumptions and vain prejudices we must rid ourselves of in order to be able to educate our children is most difficult Picture Quote #1

The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself Picture Quote #1

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The teacher’s task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child’s mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer (Maria Montessori Quotes) Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities (Maria Montessori Quotes) Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us (Maria Montessori Quotes) The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then education must take as its aim the development of these hidden possibilities (Maria Montessori Quotes) We must support as much as possible the child’s desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent (Maria Montessori Quotes) There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all of the life to be found around them in a real forest (Maria Montessori Quotes) When we want to infuse new ideas, to modify or better the habits and customs of a people, to breathe new vigor into its national traits, we must use the children as our vehicle; for little can be accomplished with adults (Maria Montessori Quotes) The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it (Maria Montessori Quotes) It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has (Maria Montessori Quotes) The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction (Maria Montessori Quotes) Solicitous care for living things affords satisfaction to one of the most lively instincts of the child’s mind. Nothing is better calculated than this to awaken an attitude of foresight (Maria Montessori Quotes) Only when the child is able to identify its own center with the center of the universe does education really begin (Maria Montessori Quotes) Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult’s life, for it is in his early years that a man is made (Maria Montessori Quotes) For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind? (Maria Montessori Quotes) It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without letting him feel her presence too much, so that she may always be ready to supply the desired help, but may never be the obstacle between the child and his experience (Maria Montessori Quotes) Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace (Maria Montessori Quotes) 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 (Maria Montessori Quotes) Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment (Maria Montessori Quotes) It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he will make discoveries rather more voluntarily in a gracious setting than in an ugly one (Maria Montessori Quotes) The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education (Maria Montessori Quotes) At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline (Maria Montessori Quotes) We seek to sow life in the child rather than theories, to help him in his growth, mental and emotional as well as physical, and for that we must offer grand and lofty ideas to the human mind (Maria Montessori Quotes) There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life (Maria Montessori Quotes) A new education from birth onwards must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the law of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society (Maria Montessori Quotes) An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child’s development (Maria Montessori Quotes) It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him (Maria Montessori Quotes) The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child (Maria Montessori Quotes) With younger children the greatest reward is to be able to pass on to a new stage in each subject. It is a punishment to a young child not to be allowed to use the apparatus but to sit still and do nothing (Maria Montessori Quotes) Knowing what we must do is neither fundamental nor difficult, but to comprehend which presumptions and vain prejudices we must rid ourselves of in order to be able to educate our children is most difficult (Maria Montessori Quotes) The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself (Maria Montessori Quotes)

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