There should be music in the child's environment, just as there does exist in the child's environment spoken speech. In the social environment the child should be considered and music should be provided.

These words reveal the child’s inner needs; ‘Help me to do it alone’.

When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing

The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

Our goal is not so much the imparting of knowledge as the unveiling and developing of spiritual energy.

There is no description, no image in any book that is capable of replacing the sight of real trees, and all of the life to be found around them in a real forest.

The needs of mankind are universal. Our means of meeting them create the richness and diversity of the planet. The Montessori child should come to relish the texture of that diversity.