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 giving roles
The role of education is to interest the child profoundly in an external activity to which he will give all his potential
children independent light
This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light.
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The child should live in an environment of beauty.
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Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
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There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.
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Social grace, inner discipline and joy. These are the birthright of the human being who has been allowed to develop essential human qualities.
beautiful children problem
The child should love everything he learns. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear. Once this love has been kindled, all problems confronting the educationalist will disappear.
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Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace.
children giving genius
It is true that we cannot make a genius. We can only give to teach child the chance to fulfil his potential possibilities.
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Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.
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Only when the child is able to identify its own center with the center of the universe does education really begin.
independent practical-life montessori
No one can be free unless he is independent.
children mean diversity
The needs of mankind are universal. Our means of meeting them create the richness and diversity of the planet. The Montessori child should come to relish the texture of that diversity.
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What the hand does the mind remembers.