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...

The little child who persists in his exercises, concentrated and absorbed, is obviously elaborating the constant man, the man of character, he who...

The phenomenon to be expected from the little child, when he is placed in an environment favourable to his spiritual growth, is this: that suddenly...

Now the little child who manifests perseverance in his work as the first constructive act of his psychical life, and upon this act builds up internal...

... she had been absorbed in concentration such that her ego had withdrawn itself from reach of any external stimulus. That concentration was...

The most pertinent, which seemed like a magic touch opening the gates to an expansion of normal characteristics, is a consistent activity concentrated...

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...

Now the little child who manifests perseverance in his work as the first constructive act of his psychical life, and upon this act builds up internal...

But the child who chooses the objects and perseveres in their use with the utmost intensity of attention, as shown in the muscular contractions which...