He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.
Maria MontessoriWe shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.
Maria MontessoriIf we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have learned to pour it themselves and stop fastening their buttons as soon as they can fasten them without help.
Maria Montessori...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 Montessori