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 –...

The children love to do these things [practical life activities] for themselves and they learn to be careful and precise in their movements. This...

Later on the children themselves will tend to become careless in the exact performance of their movements. Their interest in developing the...

The muscles should always serve the intellect and thus preserve their functional unity with the human personality. If [an adult] is an intelligent...

Nevertheless the exercises of practical life cannot be regarded as a simple kind of gymnastics; they are “work”. But the work is refreshing and not...

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...