A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.

The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers

A child’s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.

There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.

... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls.

The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.

What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.