I have observed that the child, on condition that he is granted the freedom to work, learns, becomes cultured, absorbs knowledge and gains...

It is through appropriate work and activities that the character of the child is transformed. Work influences his development in the same way that...

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...

Men have not been given by heredity the limitation of doing one special thing. Nor is he adapted by heredity to one special geographical region. Man...

The question is to bring about a radical change in the way we view human relations, endeavouring to influence men’s consciousness by giving them new...

The children, who live a life more pure than ours, are divine workers; without pretensions, without pride, they accomplish humanity’s magnum opus...

Our schools are like a furnished house, a ‘children’s house’. And what do the children do? It is what one does in one’s own house. They carry out...

It is to correspond to these needs [for independence] that we prepared an environment proportionate to the size and intelligence of the children...

If the child is allowed to use his spontaneous activity in a tranquil environment without interference or unasked for help, he is indeed engaged in a...

Young children do not have to go to school to work. Playtime for them is a time of learning by practice. Every new movement which a little child makes...