Little children perform slowly and deliberately many complicated actions which they love—dressing and undressing themselves, setting the table, eating, etc. In doing all these things they show extreme patience, and […]
Freedom, Discipline and Responsibility
“ When the teachers were weary of my observations, they began to allow the children to do whatever they pleased. I saw children with their feet on the tables, or […]
Some Montessori Myths
There are people who think that the Montessori schools will not teach enough, and there are also people who fear that they will teach too much. “These delicate brains that […]
Mistakes and Freedom
“It is a commonplace that the child must be free. But what kind of freedom has he been given? The only true freedom for an individual is to have the […]
Grades, Success and Tiger Mothers
David DeHetre, released under the Creative Commons License, some rights reserved “Once we have accepted and established our principles, the abolition of prizes and external forms of punishment will follow […]
“Where the children work for themselves…”
“From such a system there comes forth a school where the children work for themselves – that is, they are free. In this freedom they work much more than heretofore […]
“Often those adults who work tirelessly to encourage the habit of truth in the child…”
Marcin Bajer released under the Creative Commons License, some rights reserved “Often those adults who work tirelessly to encourage the habit of truth in the child surround him with […]
“Often what we call naughtiness on the part of the individual child is rebellion against our own mistakes in educating him…”
"Often what we call naughtiness on the part of the individual child is rebellion against our own mistakes in educating him. The coercive means which we adopt toward children are […]
” A child asked his father once why leaves were green…”
"A child asked his father once why leaves were green. The father thought how intelligent his child was, so he gave a long explanation of chloroplasm and chlorophyll and of […]
“When he is at the school we adults have chosen for him…”
"When he is at the school we adults have chosen for him, he is given a medal and we say, ‘What a clever teacher he has.’ "But it is […]
