“The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.” ~ Maria Montessori Eloping is an old word being used in a […]
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It is our object to train the child for activity, for work, for doing good, and not for immobility or passivity. – Maria Montessori In Montessori classrooms, passivity can be especially concerning. Independence, agency, and
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Since we have the means to guide the child, it is clear that the formation of man is in our hands. We have the possibility to form the citizen of the world and the study
The teacher’s first duty is to watch over the environment, and this takes precedence over all the rest. ~ Maria Montessori Lucas was dismissed from circle to prepare for outside time. He walked
“The obedience which is expected of the child both in the home and in the school – and obedience admitting neither of reason nor of justice – prepares man to be docile to blind forces.
“Intellectual education and moral and social education are the two sides of development. The first is concerned with intellectual development and the second with the individual’s active life in society.” ~ Maria Montessori One
The child who has never learned to act alone, to direct his own actions, to govern his own will, grows into an adult who is easily led and must always lean upon others. (Montessori, 2019)
To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom. (Montessori, 1995) Defiance can be one of the most
She must fashion herself, she must learn how to observe, how to be calm, patient, and humble, how to restrain her own impulses, and how to carry out her eminently practical tasks with the required
“We must give him the means and encourage him. ‘Courage, my dear, courage! You are a new man that must adapt to this new world. Go on triumphantly. I am here to help you.’ This
