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
The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity. – Maria Montessori
We cannot create observers by saying observe, but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. – Maria Montessori