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Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.
Maria Montessori
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Maria Montessori
Age: 81 †
Born: 1870
Born: August 31
Died: 1952
Died: May 6
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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori
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Within the child lies the fate of the future. Whoever wishes to confer some benefit on society must preserve him from deviations and observe his natural ways of acting. A child is mysterious and powerful and contains within himself the secret of human nature.
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It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.
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The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it.
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A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival.
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The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.
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No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.
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