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
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. – Maria Montessori
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
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. – Maria Montessori