The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the childโs whole personality.
Maria MontessoriThe only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!
Maria MontessoriA child in his earliest years, when he is only two or a little more, is capable of tremendous achievements simply through his unconscious power of absorption, though he is himself still immobile. After the age of three he is able to acquire a great number of concepts through his own efforts in exploring his surroundings. In this period he lays hold of things through his own activity and assimilates them into his mind.
Maria Montessori