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A child's work is to create the person she/he will become.
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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Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity, and he will be free. We see no limit to what should be offered to the child, for his will be an immense field of chosen activity.
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The child is essentially alien to this society of men and might express his position in the words of the Gospel: My kingdom is not of this world
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