“When he is at the school we adults have chosen for him…”
"When he is at the school we adults have chosen for him, he is given a medal and we say, ‘What a clever teacher he has.’ "But it is […]
Category Archives: Montessori Quick Bites
Items which usually begin with a quote from Dr. Montessori followed by ruminations on the themes she has brought up.
“The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings…”
"The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that […]
“Let us be practical. Fathers and mothers, what can you hope for…”
"from your children? The European war is far less dangerous to their bodies than the spiritual risks which they run. We must imagine a much greater war, a universal one, […]
“It is ‘living among real possessions of his own’ which calms the child…”
" and assuages those desires which consume his precious powers in the vanity of illusion. Such a result is not to be achieved by imagining that he is living among […]
“The world is acquired psychologically by means of the imagination…”
"…Reality is studied in detail, then the whole is imagined. The detail is able to grow in the imagination, and so total knowledge is attained. The act of studying things […]
