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Published 10 Sep, 2010 12:00am

Maria Montessori quotes

• To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

• The child's progress does not depend only on his age, but also on being free to look around.

• Since it is through movement that the will realises itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into act.

• Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.

• Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

• The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality.

• To aid life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the basic task of the educator.

• The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.

• The child should live in an environment of beauty. — Compiled by Masooma Ally Bhai

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