With younger children the greatest reward is to be able to pass on to a new stage in each subject. It is a punishment to a young child not to be allowed to use the apparatus but to sit still and do nothing.

No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.

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

But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.

The word education must not be understood in the sense of teaching but of assisting the psychological development of the child.

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

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