Montessori Quotes
Some well known quotes from Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori Teaching Method.
“Development is a series of rebirths.”
Maria Montessori
“Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.”
Maria Montessori
“Education is not something which the teacher does, but a natural process that develops spontaneously in the human being.”
Maria Montessori
“The things he sees are not just remembered; they form a part of his soul.”
Maria Montessori
“To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself… that is the first duty of the educator.”
Maria Montessori
“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.”
Maria Montessori
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ’The children are now working as if I did not exist.’”
Maria Montessori
“Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.”
Maria Montessori
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”
Maria Montessori
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