We must not help the child to walk, and if his hands wants to work, we must give him motives of activity, and leave him to proceed to ever greater...
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So the logic of natural development is seen: first the child prepares his instruments, hands and feet, then he gets strength by exercise, and next...
The secret of a happy life is congenial work. Work is purposeful activity. Man is the foremost worker in creation. Man's work has changed the face of...
The child does not grow weary with work, but increases his strength. He grows through work and that is why work increases his energies. He never asks...
Written language, therefore, must not be considered merely as a subject in schools, and a part of culture. It is, rather, a characteristic of...
The hand too, therefore, needs its own preparation. What is needed before one actually writes is to learn writing by means of a series of interesting...
I therefore began by having school equipment made proportionate to the size of the children that satisfied the need they had of moving about...
By a habit of work a child learns how to move his muscles more than he does through ordinary gymnastic exercises.
Before a child reaches the age of three, the highest form of work and the most ennobling that engages him is that of arranging furniture and putting...