The infant in arms has far greater mental energies than are usually imagined.

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders - without effort and quite unconsciously.

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.

The chief characteristic of the human babe is intelligence, unlike the other animals who only need to awaken the instincts towards their behaviour...

At one year of age the child says his first intentional word...his babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligence...

Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, where study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants - doing nothing but live and walk...

The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.

The absorbent mind is indeed a marvellous gift to humanity! By merely 'living' and without and conscious effort the individual absorbs from the...

During this early period, education must be understood as a help to the unfolding of the child's inborn psychic powers. This means that we cannot use...

To develop a language from nothing needs a different type of mentality. This the child has. His intelligence is not of the same kind as ours.