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...
When the children find themselves in the environment we have prepared, the social contact with other children begins. [...] One might imagine that...
On every teacher and every parent, I urge not great instruction, but humility and simplicity in dealing with small children. Their lives are fresh...
The adult must not interfere, must not act instead of the child. Give him the means and let him act: his freedom consists of this.
Whenever possible, the child has a tendency to render himself independent of the help of others, especially of the adult. Then, in acquiring this...
We do not know this spontaneous being: the child who tries to work constantly. If we did not recognise him as such before, it was because we put...
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