We, as adults, must play a new role – we must understand that instead of helping the child we only hinder him if we try to mold him directly.

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...

...whenever possible, the child has a tendency to render himself independent of the help of others, especially of the adult. Then, in acquiring this...

So many childish activities seem trivial to grown-ups, but a child’s concentration is not a trivial thing. Break that often enough and he will suffer...

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...

Your little sons and daughters are men and women in the making. Let them keep their childish secret and you will have the satisfaction of having them...

The principal agent is the object itself and not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects; it is the child who is...

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step. He will go on piling up finished...

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...