Within the child lies the fate of the future.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

Let us treat them [children], therefore, with all the kindness which we would wish to help to develop in them.

At about a year and a half, the child discovers another fact, and that is that each thing has its own name.

How does he achieve this independence? He does it by means of a continuous activity. How does he become free? By means of constant effort. we know that development results from activity. The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

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