This is our responsibility, not to spoil the great laws of nature and the effort which is in each child. The teacher must be the servant of nature...

We need to change our attitude and see the greatness of the child’s achievements rather than the small and dry leaves of his errors (errors we have...

The schoolchild, being continually discouraged and scolded, ends by acquiring that mixture of distrust of his own powers and of fear which is called...

Nature has given to this new person its laws, and all that takes place is not in our hands. Not that we cannot help; we can and do, but we had the...

We cannot with our efforts, create a man. That is the task of the child himself, and it is the most important side of the whole educational question...

The child realises that through his own efforts he can be independent and achieve things he has set his mind to. And gradually we educators are...

To give our children a fine start in life we must see that their surroundings satisfy their need for activity and development, remembering at the...

Because the teacher respects each child and refrains from interference, the children treat one another with the same respect and kindness.

We make learning difficult for children by trying to teach them by means of grown-up methods; the natural and happy way for children to learn, however...

The spontaneous urge towards development, which is within the child, dictates its own pace. It is the part of a wise and loving parent to stand by, to...