The second period, six to twelve, is a peaceful period of a singular regularity. This age is a time of rest. The child of six is different from the...

We have observed that the child works willingly, we might even say he throws himself upon his work like a starving man offered a meal after four or...

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...

When work has become a habit, the intellectual level rises rapidly, and organised order causes good conduct to become a habit. Children then work with...

All work is noble, the only ignoble thing is to live without working.

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...

When work has become a habit, the intellectual level rises rapidly, and organised order causes good conduct to become a habit. Children then work with...

These children reveal to us the most vital need of their development, saying: “Help me to do it alone!”

Education should... include the two forms of work, manual and intellectual, for the same person, and thus make it understood by practical experience...