There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.

Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even abstract ideas.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

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.

If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth.

This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light.

For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?