" and assuages those desires which consume his precious powers in the vanity of illusion. Such a result is not to be achieved by imagining that he is living among his own possessions. Some teachers in charge of a model orphanage once said to me: 'We too make our children perform the exercises of practical life which you describe; come and ...
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Montessori Quick Bites
“The world is acquired psychologically by means of the imagination…”
"...Reality is studied in detail, then the whole is imagined. The detail is able to grow in the imagination, and so total knowledge is attained. The act of studying things is, in a way, meditation on detail. This is to say that the qualities of a fragment of nature are deeply impressed upon an individual." ...
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“Adaptability – this is the most essential quality…”
"...for the progress of the world is continually opening new careers, and at the same time closing or revolutionizing the traditional types of employment."
-- Dr. Maria Montessori
From Childhood to Adolescence
(A Montessori quick bite from The Center for Guided ...
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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."
-- Dr. Maria Montessori
Education and Peace – Address in Copenhagen May 1937 ...
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“The mind of the child does not limit itself to the objects they can see…”
"...and their qualities, but goes beyond this, showing imagination. Children for whom a table in play becomes a house, a chair serves as a horse, who can visualize a fairy and fairyland, have no difficulty in visualizing America or the world, especially with a globe to help. ."
-- Dr. Maria Montessori ...
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