Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessoriwas an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in some public and private schools throughout the world...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1870
CityMarche, Italy
CountryItaly
children lying future
Within the child lies the fate of the future.
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There is in every child a painstaking teacher so skillful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one teaches them anything.
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The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something
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Solicitous care for living things affords satisfaction to one of the most lively instincts of the child's mind. Nothing is better calculated than this to awaken an attitude of foresight.
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It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.
children shining mind
If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.
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The ancient saying, "There is nothing in the intellect which was not first in some way in the senses," and senses being explorers of the world, opens the way to knowledge.
lying appreciate harmony
Beauty lies in harmony, not in contrast; and harmony is refinement; therefore, there must be a fineness of the senses if we are to appreciate harmony.
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A child is a discoverer. He is an amorphous, splendid being in search of his own proper form.
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There should be music in the child's environment, just as there does exist in the child's environment spoken speech. In the social environment the child should be considered and music should be provided.
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To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.
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Little children, from the moment they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.
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The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence.
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A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.