Red RodsBefore elaborating any system of education, we must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of a child's natural gifts. All that is needed is to remove the obstacles. And this should be the basis of, and point of departure for, all future education. The first thing to be done, therefore, is to discover the true nature of a child and then assist him in his normal development.

A teacher, therefore, who would think that he could prepare himself for his mission through study alone would be mistaken. The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

Concentration is the key that opens up to the child the latent treasures within him.

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.