A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done

The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.

The teacher's task is not a small easy one! She has to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger. She is not like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus. The needs of the child are clearly more difficult to answer.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

The instructions of the teacher consist then merely in a hint, a touch-enough to give a start to the child. The rest develops of itself.