Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to say, but this can happen even if the child merely becomes aware of being watched. After all, we too sometimes feel unable to go on working if someone comes to see what we are doing. The great principle which brings success to the teacher is this: as soon as concentration has begun, act as if the child does not exist. Naturally, one can see what he is doing with a quick glance, but without his being aware of it.

How often is the soul of man - especially in childhood - deprived because he is not allowed to come in contact with nature.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy to interest them in taking care of plants and especially of animals. Nothing awakens foresight in a small child such as this. When he knows that animals have need of him, that little plants will dry up if he does not water them, he binds together with a new thread of love today's passing moments with those of the morrow.

The fundamental basis of education must always remain that one must act for oneself. That is clear. One must act for him or herself.

Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements.

Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.