If we change our whole attitude and say to ourselves, ‘My child knows what is best for him. Let us of course watch that he comes to no harm, but...

The spontaneous urge towards development, which is within the child, dictates its own pace. It is the part of a wise and loving parent to stand by, to...

During many years of experiment and observation, I discovered that children learn naturally through activity, and that their characters develop...

We say this to the teachers in training who enter the Children’s House. ‘Stand by, remain silent, and do not speak a word to the children, do not...

My intention was to keep in touch with the research of other, but to preserve my independence. The only thing that I considered to be essential was...

I have observed for myself the exuberance, the generosity with which the nature of the child responds to scientific education. This observation left...

With the sound boxes, I find two sounds which are identical; it does not matter whether they are quiet sounds or loud ones. I can seek out in the...

We ourselves have lost this deep and vital sensitiveness, and in the presence of children in whom we see it reviving, we feel as if we were watching a...

She must learn that it is not easy to help, nor even, perhaps, to stand still and watch. Even when helping and serving the children, she must not...

To her falls the task of guiding the development of the child's spirit, and therefore her observations of the child are not limited solely to...