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• It is true that we cannot make a genius. We can only give to teach child the chance to fulfil his potential possibilities.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Giving, Genius

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• It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms or qualities, but that he refine his senses through an exercise of attention, comparison and judgment.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Exercise, Color

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• The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Approval, Steps

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• An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual, and the preparation of young people to understand the times in which they live.

  Maria Montessori

  Spiritual, Men, People

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• The role of education is to interest the child profoundly in an external activity to which he will give all his potential

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Giving, Roles

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• The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful education.

  Maria Montessori

  Exercise, Essence, Environment

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• A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

  Maria Montessori

  Evolution, Individual, Force

  MARIA MONTESSORI “HER LIFE AND WORK”

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• It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.

  Maria Montessori

  Errors, Feelings, Friendly

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• 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.

  Maria Montessori

  Teacher, Children, Principles

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• The needs of mankind are universal. Our means of meeting them create the richness and diversity of the planet. The Montessori child should come to relish the texture of that diversity.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Mean, Diversity

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• Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.

  Maria Montessori

  Growth, Size, Transformation

  Maria Montessori (2015). “To Educate the Human Potential”, p.70, Ravenio Books

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• The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

  Maria Montessori

  Real, Self, Preparation

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• Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

  Maria Montessori

  Mind, Awakening, Firsts

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• Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Skills, Sometimes

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• If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world.

  Maria Montessori

  Spiritual, Children, Personality

  Maria Montessori (1989). “Peaceful Children, Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori”

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• Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Educational, Tasks

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• All our handling of the child will bear fruit, not only at the moment, but in the adult they are destined to become.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Adults, Fruit

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• Childhood constitutes the most important element in an adult's life, for it is in his early years that a man is made.

  Maria Montessori

  Men, Years, Childhood

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• Work is necessary; it can be nothing less than a passion; a person is happy in accomplishment.

  Maria Montessori

  Passion, Accomplishment, Persons

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

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Self, Impression

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• It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

  Maria Montessori

  Teacher, Children, First Love

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• The child has other powers than ours, and the creation he achieves is no small one; it is everything.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Creation, Achieve

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• There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

  Maria Montessori

  Work, Affection, Substitutes

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• The environment itself will teach the child, if every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent of teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens.

  Maria Montessori

  Teacher, Children, Errors

  Maria Montessori (1970). “The child in the family”, Contemporary Books

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

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Keys, Treasure

  MARIA MONTESSORI “HER LIFE AND WORK”

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