The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

The teacher, when she begins work in our schools, must have a kind of faith that the child will reveal himself through work.

A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

Red RodsBefore elaborating any system of education, we must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of a child's natural gifts. All that is needed is to remove the obstacles. And this should be the basis of, and point of departure for, all future education. The first thing to be done, therefore, is to discover the true nature of a child and then assist him in his normal development.

There are many things which no teacher can convey to a child of three, but a child of five can do it with ease.

A new education from birth onwards must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the law of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society.

Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods, with their respective mechanisms. It is these that are hereditary and characteristic of the human species. But the promise they hold can only be fulfilled through the experience of free activity conducted in the environment.