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.

Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.

A child needs freedom within limits.

The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it.

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

The study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, The Child.