The child does not want to be told what to do or how to do it - he defends himself from such help. Choice and execution are the prerogatives and...

Our teachers thus penetrate the secret of childhood, and have a knowledge far superior to that of the ordinary teacher who becomes acquainted only...

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit. It is the...

The objects in our system are, instead, a help to the child himself. He chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own...

These children reveal to us the most vital need of their development, saying: “Help me to do it alone!”

The child has to acquire physical independence by being self-sufficient; he must become of independent will by using in freedom his own power of...

Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery over all that...

Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms...

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who...

The child’s conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every...