The teacher, in this first period, before concentration has shown itself, must be like the flame which heartens all by its warmth, enlivens and...

The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.

The didactic material must be always beautiful, shining and in good repair, with nothing missing, so that it looks new to the child, and is complete...

An ordinary teacher cannot be transformed into a Montessori teacher, but must be created anew, having rid herself of pedagogical prejudices. The first...

It is not that the Montessori teacher is inactive where the usual teacher is active; rather all the activities we have described are due to active...

To her falls the task of guiding the development of the child's spirit, and therefore her observations of the child are not limited solely to...

In our schools the environment itself teaches the children. The teacher only puts the child in direct contact with the environment, showing him how to...

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

The scientific laboratory, the field of Nature where the teacher will be initiated into ‘the observation of the phenomena of the inner life,’ should...

Blessed are the teachers who have brought their class to the stage where they can say, "Whether I am present or not, the class carries on. The group...