Here is the aim of the truly new education; first of all to discover the child and effect his liberation.

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

… the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean...

When we speak of “environment” we include the sum total of objects which a child can freely choose and use as he pleases, that is to say, according to...

Children as a rule have different desires at any particular moment, and one keeps busy at one thing and another at another without quarrelling. In...

The adult, the child, and the environment are a trinity. They should be considered as one.

I will not extinguish any fire, any greatness, any enthusiasm. On the contrary, I wish to illuminate the whole of instruction so that every little...

The principal message we have sought to preach is the need to construct an environment. This is not a materialistic notion; it has a solid foundation...

The objects surrounding the child should look solid and attractive to him, and the house of the child should be lovely and pleasant in its particulars...

It is a mental chemistry that takes place in the child, producing a chemical transformation. These impressions not only penetrate the mind of the...