Occupation: Pedagogue Birth: April 21, 1782 Death: June 21, 1852
If humans are to fully attain their destinies, so far as earthly development permits this; if they are to become truly whole, unbroken units, they mu….
The mind grows by self revelation. In play the child ascertains what he can do, discovers his possibilities of will and thought by exerting his power….
Let us protect our children; and let us not allow them to grow up into emptiness and nothingness, to the avoidance of good hard work, to introspectio….
Children are like tiny flowers: They are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers..
Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul..
Children must master the language of things before they master the language of words..
To learn a thing in life and through doing is much more developing, cultivating, and strengthening than to learn it merely through the verbal communi….