Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.
The child, unhampered, does not waste time.
Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.
A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.
A school’s job [is] to begin education.
Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.