A three-year-old educated according to Montessori pedagogy, becomes master of his hand and undertakes with joy a variety of human activities. These...

Children develop their brains as well as their bodies through movement, and in the process of concentration, self-discipline, and perseverance with...

So many childish activities seem trivial to grown-ups, but a child’s concentration is not a trivial thing. Break that often enough and he will suffer...

When a child shows an interest in anything about the house let him have it if you possibly can and perhaps it will keep him occupied for hours; then...

In our schools we allow the children to use their spontaneous activity by offering them objects which call for movements appropriate to their stage...

Among the school material small children enjoy most are the frames with two pieces of cloth – some have buttons and buttonholes, others ribbons...

If you interfere impatiently and stop some absorbing occupation, you will destroy your child’s concentration and perseverance – valuable lessons he is...

The wise mother will remember that play time is never wasted. So long as the children are busily absorbed, they are working at their own development...

Through concentration important qualities of character develop. When the concentration passes, the child is inwardly satisfied, he becomes aware of...

When the child is finished [working] he is eager to share his joy, to help the little ones, and because the others have respected his work he never...