The child does not follow the law of the least effort, but a law directly contrary. He uses an immense amount of energy over an unsubstantial end, and...

The child feels the need to repeat this exercise not in order to perfect his performance but in order to build up his own inner being, and the time...

If the adult, through a fatal misunderstanding, instead of helping the child to do things for himself, substitutes himself for the child, then that...

Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on...

This means that it is not enough to set the child among objects in proportion to his size and strength; the adult who is to help him must have learned...

Now what we need to know is the character of the child's work. When a little child works he does not do so to attain an outward end. The aim of his...

The child of this age sets out to do a certain task, perhaps an absurd one to adult reasoning, but this matters not at all; he must carry out the...

It is a recognised fact that this is an age of maximum effort, which should be supported, and further that children show an instinct of imitation.

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...

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...