The laws governing the universe can be made interesting and wonderful to the child, more interesting even that things in themselves, and he begins to ask: What am I? What is the task of man in this wonderful universe? Do we merely live here for ourselves, or is there something more for us to do? Why do we struggle and fight? What is good and evil? Where will it all end?
Maria MontessoriThe land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.
Maria MontessoriThe study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, The Child.
Maria MontessoriBut if for the physical life it is necessary to have the child exposed to the vivifying forces of nature, it is also necessary for his psychical life to place the soul of the child in contact with creation.
Maria Montessori