Children have a tendency to imitate. They must adapt to this world and be able to do all the things that are done in the environment. They imitate...
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If children are allowed to do what they see done in the environment, they will perform a series of exercises which have no external purpose, but...
He [the child] climbs upstairs and on chairs. He does not climb on chairs in order to sit on them, but just for the sake of climbing. We may wonder...
The staircase is a perfect piece of equipment for them [the children] to exercise on. They climb up little by little. It is a great joy to them.
Just as we have to prepare a special environment for sport, like a tennis court if we are to play tennis, the child must be given the means for the...
Adults move because their will directs them, but not so with the small child. The small child is urged by nature.
A child’s will only begins to act after the conscious mind is sufficiently developed. Until then we must speak of the will of nature, and not of the...
It is not enough to see that the child gets good food, good physical care, and enough sleep, because development needs activity too. Experience in the...