In school the teacher stands by, she does not correct or interfere with the child’s work. When something goes wrong she waits to be asked for help...

We make learning difficult for children by trying to teach them by means of grown-up methods; the natural and happy way for children to learn, however...

I do say that ‘don’ts’ are far less effective – indeed they are often definitely harmful when they fill a young child with fear or resentment – than...

We can love our children so dearly that it makes us blind to what is best for them. We can desire so eagerly that they shall grow into fine men and...

Children of three or four will concentrate for an hour at a time without effort, and we are careful not to destroy this new power by the arbitrary...

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.

We say this to the teachers in training who enter the Children’s House. ‘Stand by, remain silent, and do not speak a word to the children, do not...

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...

Favourable conditions came to be realised. A very rare thing. Indeed, because, though it is often said that parents or teachers should leave the...