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 miracle independence
What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.
achievement causes imperfect
Every great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements.
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At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.
children imagination force
Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.
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Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them our conviction that mankind can hope for a solution to its problems, among which the most urgent are those of peace and unity, only by turning its attention and energies to the discovery of the child and to the development of the great potentialities of the human personality in the course of its formation.
joy growth evidence
Joy is the evidence of inner growth.
children parenting innocence
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.
way world explorers
The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.
children shapes use
The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.
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Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
children independent growing
The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.
school views preparation
To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.
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We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.
children contact
When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.