Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.
A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world. - Caroline Pratt
A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.
- Caroline Pratt
Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge. - Caroline Pratt
Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.
Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime. - Caroline Pratt
Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.
Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken … - Caroline Pratt
Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken …
The most important phase of a child’s life was the beginning of it. He must be started right. - Caroline Pratt
The most important phase of a child’s life was the beginning of it. He must be started right.
Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds an… - Caroline Pratt
Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds an…
Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job. - Caroline Pratt
The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play. - Caroline Pratt
The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.
A school’s job [is] to begin education. - Caroline Pratt
A school’s job [is] to begin education.
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