Bonnie

“The child doesn't just live in his environment, it becomes a part of him.”
― Paula Polk Lillard, Montessori: A Modern Approach

“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

“We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.”
― Maria Montessori

“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