To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

At about a year and a half, the child discovers another fact, and that is that each thing has its own name.

The world of education is like an island where people cut off from the world are prepared for life by exclusion from it.

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.

If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.