For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
Maria MontessoriAt about a year and a half, the child discovers another fact, and that is that each thing has its own name.
Maria MontessoriNo one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through this activity he may arrive at independence.
Maria Montessori