Maria Montessori Quotes - Page 5

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• It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms or qualities, but that he refine his senses through an exercise of attention, comparison and judgment.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Exercise, Color

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• The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education.

  Maria Montessori

  Exercise, Essence, Environment

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• 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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  Children, Mean, Diversity

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• The child will reveal himself through work.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Montessori

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• Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

  Maria Montessori

  Mind, Awakening, Firsts

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• A child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature.

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  Children, Powerful, Secret

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• The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

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  Children, Approval, Steps

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• Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.

  Maria Montessori

  Growth, Size, Transformation

  Maria Montessori (2015). “To Educate the Human Potential”, p.70, Ravenio Books

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• The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

  Maria Montessori

  Real, Self, Preparation

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

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  Self, Essence, Independence

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• Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Skills, Sometimes

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• Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Educational, Tasks

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• There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

  Maria Montessori

  Work, Affection, Substitutes

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• The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Self, Impression

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• The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.

  Maria Montessori

  Teacher, Environment, Divided

  Maria Montessori (2004). “The Discovery of the Child”, p.181, Aakar Books

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• The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.

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  Fundamentals, Clear, Bases

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

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Mean, Independent

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• An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.

  Maria Montessori

  Spiritual, Men, People

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• Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Keys, Treasure

  MARIA MONTESSORI “HER LIFE AND WORK”

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• If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

  Maria Montessori

  Spiritual, Children, Personality

  Maria Montessori (1989). “Peaceful Children, Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori”

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• Order is one of the needs of life which, when it is satisfied, produces a real happiness

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  Real, Order, Needs

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• The environment itself will teach the child, if every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent of teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens.

  Maria Montessori

  Teacher, Children, Errors

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

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• All our handling of the child will bear fruit, not only at the moment, but in the adult they are destined to become.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Adults, Fruit

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• Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made.

  Maria Montessori

  Men, Years, Childhood

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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.

  Maria Montessori

  World, Way, Firsts

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