MONTESSORI QUOTES FOR PARENTS

“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

“The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.” – Maria Montessori

“Let us leave the life free to develop within the limits of the good, and let us observe this inner life developing.” – Maria Montessori

“Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and they want to help.” – Maria Montessori

“The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life.” – Maria Montessori

“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.” – Maria Montessori

“Play is the work of the child.” – Maria Montessori

“There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees and all the life to be found around them.” – Maria Montessori

“The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.” – Maria Montessori “It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe.” – Maria Montessori

“The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.” – Maria Montessori

“Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.” – Maria Montessori

“The child is capable of developing and giving us tangible proof of the possibility of a better humanity.” – Maria Montessori FATHERS DAY QUOTES IN MARATHI FROM DAUGHTER

“A child’s work is to create the person they will become.” – Maria Montessori

“The child who concentrates is immensely happy.” – Maria Montessori

“We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process that develops spontaneously in the human being.” – Maria Montessori

“Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.” – Maria Montessori

“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” – Maria Montessori

“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.” – Maria Montessori

“We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.” – Maria Montessori

“Education is a natural process carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment.” – Maria Montessori

“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.” – Maria Montessori

“The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.” – Maria Montessori

“Help me to help myself.” – Maria Montessori