The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn..

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is ….

Play is the work of the child..

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child..

A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an adult can have a….

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.".

Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his….

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they….

First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect..

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely..

The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult..

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world..

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 reaso….

There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation r….

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six..

...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human b….

Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and ….

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….

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity..

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life..

What the hand does the mind remembers..