Concentration is a part of life. It is not the consequence of a method of education.

To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life.

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community.

An interesting piece of work, freely chosen, which has the virtue of inducing concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies and mental capacities, and leads him to self-mastery.

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

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