Adult and child work in entirely different ways. The adult works on the environment and transforms it to suit himself with definite ends in view. The...
This means that it is not enough to set the child among objects in proportion to his size and strength; the adult who is to help him must have learned...
The apparent fatigue of the child between the first and second period of work is interesting; at that moment the aspect of the child is not calm and...
But the child is conscious of another kind of work which has its origin in life itself. If it were true that man need not work in order to live or man...
Just as in the case of the solid insets, the control of error over such exercises [geometry cabinet] is absolute. A particular figure cannot be put...
[The child] chooses the narrow path that we might consider hard. Yes, this little man has taken the narrow, straight path, the strong way. Thus we see...
What if this child knows nothing of the end he will achieve? If he is allowed to use his spontaneous activity in a tranquil environment without...
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...
Pagination
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