This then is the first duty of an educator: to stir up life but leave it free to develop.
-Maria Montessori
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If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to possess them.
-Maria Montessori
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And so 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.
~Maria Montessori
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Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
~Maria Montessori
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If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from in the bettering of man's future.
-Maria Montessori
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The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator.
-Maria Montessori
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The world of education is like an island where people, cut off from the world, are prepared for life by exclusion from it.
-Maria Montessori
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The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
-Maria Montessori
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The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.
-Maria Montessori
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Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870-May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, and humanitarian. She is best known for her philosophy and the Montessori Method of education of children from birth to adolescence. Her educational method is in use today in a number of public as well as private schools throughout the world.
The Montessori Method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher (often called a "director" or "guide"). It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in absorbing academic concepts and practical skills. It is also characterized by the use of self-correcting equipment to introduce various concepts.
Although there are many schools which use the name "Montessori," the word itself is not recognized as a trademark, nor is it associated with a single specific organization.The above information was taken from the Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method articles on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, based on the GNU Free Documentation License.
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