The teacher...must be able to make prudent observations, to assist a child by going up to, or withdrawing from, him, and by speaking or keeping...

Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on...

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...

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...

The child does not want to be told what to do or how to do it - he defends himself from such help. Choice and execution are the prerogatives and...

Our teachers thus penetrate the secret of childhood, and have a knowledge far superior to that of the ordinary teacher who becomes acquainted only...

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit. It is the...

The objects in our system are, instead, a help to the child himself. He chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own...

These children reveal to us the most vital need of their development, saying: “Help me to do it alone!”

The child has to acquire physical independence by being self-sufficient; he must become of independent will by using in freedom his own power of...