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 she had been absorbed in concentration such that her ego had withdrawn itself from reach of any external stimulus.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

Let us always remember that inner discipline is something to come, and not something already present. Our task is to show the way to discipline...

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...

But the child who chooses the objects and perseveres in their use with the utmost intensity of attention, as shown in the muscular contractions which...

(in response to a baby being brought into the classroom) At once the children sat still, controlling even their breathing, and so they remained, with...

They repeated the performance again and again without having any longer an external aim in doing so. It was by an inner need that they went on washing...