Every complex action comprises a series of distinct movements; one act follows the other. The analysis of movements consists in trying to recognise...

If we would but think it, the carrying out of a practical life affords an abundance of exercise, and the gymnasium for perfecting one's actions is the...

The child must see for himself what he can do, and it is important to give him not only the means of education but also to supply him with indicators...

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...

By a habit of work a child learns how to move his muscles more than he does through ordinary gymnastic exercises.

The importance of the work does not bother children, they are satisfied when they have done as much as they can and see that they are not excluded...

One of the most important practical aspects of our method has been to make the training of the muscles enter into the very life of the children so...

Physiologically we may say that their muscles and nerves are passing through a period where they are learning how to work harmoniously together....

When children experience pleasure not only from an activity leading towards a special goal but also in carrying it out exactly in all its details,...

The life of the spirit prepares the dynamic power for daily life, and, on its side, daily life encourages thought by means of ordinary work.