The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
All our handling of the child will bear fruit, not only at the moment, but in the adult they are destined to become.
Of all things love is the most potent.
Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.
The development of the mind comes through movement
We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction