Just as we have to prepare a special environment for sport, like a tennis court if we are to play tennis, the child must be given the means for the...

In this school everything has its place and is kept there, because I have observed over and over again that children have a feeling for orderliness...

We give the child nourishing food so that his little body may grow, and in just the same way we must provide him with suitable nourishment for his...

The roots of every plant seek out, from among the many substances which the soil contains, only those which they need.

The light and easily moved tables, chairs, and armchairs permit a child to choose the most convenient position. He can make himself comfortable rather...

But in our specially prepared environments we see them all at once fix themselves upon some task, and then their excited fantasies and their restless...

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...

It is true that the teacher supervises the children, but there are various things that “call” the children at different ages. Indeed, the brilliancy...

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.