Now the little child who manifests perseverance in his work as the first constructive act of his psychical life, and upon this act builds up internal...

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 teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.

An ordinary teacher cannot be transformed into a Montessori teacher, but must be created anew, having rid herself of pedagogical prejudices. The first...

To her falls the task of guiding the development of the child's spirit, and therefore her observations of the child are not limited solely to...

... she had been absorbed in concentration such that her ego had withdrawn itself from reach of any external stimulus. That concentration was...

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...

Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to say, but this can happen even if...

The child whose attention has once been held by a chosen object, while he concentrates his whole self on the repetition of the exercise, is a...

In this period she must take care never to turn her back on the class while she is dealing with a single child. Her presence must be felt by all these...