... the environment is fundamental; it must facilitate the expansion of the being in process of development by a reduction of obstacles to a minimum...
We ourselves have lost this deep and vital sensitiveness, and in the presence of children in whom we see it reviving, we feel as if we were watching a...
She must learn that it is not easy to help, nor even, perhaps, to stand still and watch. Even when helping and serving the children, she must not...
The teacher becomes the keeper and custodian of the environment. She attends to this instead of being distracted by the children's restlessness. From...
The little child’s first movements were instinctive. Now, he acts consciously and voluntarily, and with this comes an awakening of his spirit...
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 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...
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...
Before such attention and concentration have been attained, the teacher must learn to control herself so that the child's spirit shall be free to...
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