...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.
Maria MontessoriHe does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.
Maria MontessoriA child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.
Maria Montessori