"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
"The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn."
"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."
"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind."
"One becomes a well-balanced adult if one has fully been a child."
"What the hand does, the mind remembers."
"The greatest gift we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."
"Wait while observing That is the motto of the educator."
The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn."
“The teacher has two tasks: to lead the children to concentration and to help them in their development afterwards.”
“The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.”
“Preventing conflicts is the work of politics; establishing peace is the work of education.”
“The fundamental help in development, especially with little children of 3 years of age, is not to interfere. Interference stops activity and stops concentration.”
“If we are among the men of good will who yearn for peace, we must lay the foundation for peace ourselves, by working for the social world of the child.”
"Education must begin at birth."
“The hand is the instrument of intelligence. The child needs to manipulate objects and to gain experience by touching and handling. ”