We must not help the child to walk, and if his hands wants to work, we must give him motives of activity, and leave him to proceed to ever greater...

If teaching is to be effective with young children, it must assist them to advance on the way to independence.

The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.

No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child’s individual liberty must be so guided that...

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful...

The adult ought never to mould the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself...

...as soon as concentration appears (in a student), the teacher should pay no attention, as if that child did not exist. Even if two children want the...

The most difficult thing to make clear to the new teacher is that because the child progresses, she must restrain herself and avoid giving directions...

Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human...