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...

Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms....

The child’s conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every...

We then found that individual activity is the one factor that stimulates and produces development, and that this is not more true for the little ones...

Once the child can speak, he can express himself and no longer depends on others to guess his needs. He finds himself in touch with human society, for...

There is thus a secret in the soul of the child, impossible to penetrate unless he himself reveals it as little by little he builds up his being.

If "the formation of man" becomes the basis of education, then the coordination of all schools from infancy to maturity, from nursery to university,...

Education should not limit itself to seeking new methods for a mostly arid transmission of knowledge: its aim must be to give the necessary aid to...

...when we speak of the freedom of a small child, we do not mean to countenance the external disorderly actions which children left to themselves...

It is extremely difficult to reform an adult; childhood is the time for reformation and, for this reason, it is so important. Man is formed at this...