The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.
Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.
The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.
When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.
The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction.
The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.
Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.
It is true that we cannot make a genius. We can only give to teach child the chance to fulfil his potential possibilities.
The senses, being the explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.
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.
Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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.
The teacher’s task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child’s mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer.
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.
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.
The child should live in an environment of beauty.
The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.