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Famous Maria Montessori Quotes
“The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.”
“Do not offer the child the content of the mind, but the order for that content.”
Source: Montessori's Own Handbook
Source: The child in the family
Source: The child in the family
Source: The child in the family
“Freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline.”
Source: Spontaneous Activity in Education
“A child's work is to create the person she/he will become.”
Source: Montessori's Own Handbook
Source: The child in the family
“First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.”
“The whole of mankind is one and only one, one race, one class and one society.”
“Giving children the opportunity to stir up life and leave it free to discover.”
Source: The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation : Including an Abridged and Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method
Source: The child in the family
Source: To Educate the Human Potential
“A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.”
Source: The child in the family
Source: The Discovery of the Child
“Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.”
Source: HER LIFE AND WORK