Maria Montessori Quotes About Independence

Quotes about: Independence

• Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious about two fundamental things ... the first is the love of activity... The second fundamental thing is independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Law

• 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.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Miracle, Independence

• Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Self, Shoes

  Maria Montessori (1970). “The child in the family”, Contemporary Books

• The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the child works in order to grow, and is working to create the adult, the person that is to be. Such experience is not just play... it is work he must do in order to grow up.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Growing Up, Self

• The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self.

  Maria Montessori

  Self, Essence, Independence

• Little children, from the moment in which they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independence, Littles

  "The Montessori Reader".

• My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams and proceeding from secondary school to University but of passing from one stage of independence to a higher, by means of their own activity and effort of will.

  Maria Montessori

  School, Mean, Visions Of The Future

• He who is served is limited in his independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Independence

• Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the path of independence ... Learning to walk is especially significant, not only because it is supremely complex, but because it is done in the first year of life.

  Maria Montessori

  Independent, Intelligent, Years

• Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.

  Maria Montessori

  Independent, Order, Independence

• The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Mean, Independent

• We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Giving

• Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Independence

• The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he finds in his path. A vital force is active within him, and this guides his efforts towards their goal. It is a force called the 'horme', by Sir Percy Nunn.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Goal

• The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Independence

• No one can be free unless he is independent...
  In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Independent, Reality, Independence

• Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Independence, Dignity, Human Dignity

• How does he achieve this independence? He does it by means of a continuous activity. How does he become free? By means of constant effort. we know that development results from activity. The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Mean, Effort

• No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through this activity he may arrive at independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Independence

  Maria Montessori, Gerald Lee Gutek (2004). “The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation : Including an Abridged and Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's The Montessori Method”, p.118, Rowman & Littlefield

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