Growing is a succession of acquisitions of independence. At first they are physical acquisitions – teeth, walking, language – each comes at the right...

The child is a worker and a diligent observer. He looks straight at things; he stares at them for a long time; he is interested in learning all he...

When the independent life of the child is not recognised with its own characteristics and its own ends, when the adult man interprets these...

He [the baby] is developing his muscles. If you watch him closely, you may see perhaps the little fingers open one by one instead of all together –...

I have observed that the child, on condition that he is granted the freedom to work, learns, becomes cultured, absorbs knowledge and gains...

With regard to the child, education should correspond to these [developmental] stages, so that instead of dividing the schools into nursery, primary...

The child does not grow in a uniform way day by day, at the same rate. In growth there are crises, somewhat like the metamorphosis of the insects.

Children develop their brains as well as their bodies through movement, and in the process of concentration, self-discipline, and perseverance with...

Children are so responsive that if you treat your child with kindness and consideration he too will be kind. If you let him pursue his own little...

The child who has to sit still listening to a teacher is in the worst possible state of mind and body for learning. Likewise, the child whose life at...