Montessori Quotes

“...The first two years are the most important in life.”  Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, India, 1949, p. 3

“Within a child there is a very scrupulous teacher.”  Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, India, 1949, p. 5

“The only language that man learns perfectly is acquired at this period of childhood when no one can teach him.   Not only that, but no matter what help and assistance he will get later in life if he tries to learn a new language, he will not be able to speak it with the same exactitude as he does the one acquired in childhood.”   Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, India, 1949, p. 5

“It is not the professor who applies psychology to children, it is the children themselves who teach psychology to the professor.”  Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, The Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, India, 1949, p. 4