The greatest help you can give your children is the freedom to go about their own work in their own way, for in this matter your child knows better...

A child’s work is based on doing things for their own sake. There is an end towards which his work is taking him: through his work he is building the...

The wise mother will remember that play time is never wasted. So long as the children are busily absorbed, they are working at their own development...

Grown-ups think of play as a purposeless occupation that keeps children happy and out of mischief, but actually when children are left to play by...

You will be surprised when I tell you that the greater part of what you call ‘play’ is really work.

I have said enough if I have persuaded you to undertake for yourself the interesting experiment of a visit to one of our schools to watch the happy...

Through concentration important qualities of character develop. When the concentration passes, the child is inwardly satisfied, he becomes aware of...

When the child is finished [working] he is eager to share his joy, to help the little ones, and because the others have respected his work he never...

... the child always chooses something hard to do. This is something we would never have thought of.

The teacher shows the child how to use the materials, how to wash himself, but it is the child who handles the material, perfects himself in his...