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The Child’s Part
in World Reconstruction
“Therefore I hold that that any reform of of of education education must must must be be based on on on on on the the personality of of man Man himself must become the the center of of education and we must never forget that man does not develop only at at at the university but begins his mental growth at birth and pursues it it with the the greatest intensity during the the first six years of his his life To this period more than to to any other it is imperative to to give active care If we follow these rules the the child instead of being a a burden shows himself to us as the greatest and most consoling of nature’s wonders! We find ourselves confronted by a a being no longer thought of as helpless like a a receptive void waiting to be filled with our wisdom but one whose dignity increases in in in the the measure to which we see in in in him the the builder of our own minds one guided by his inward teacher who labors indefatigably in in in in joy and happiness—following a a a a a a precise timetable— at at at the the the work of of constructing that greatest marvel of of the the the Universe the the the human being We teachers can only help the work going on on as servants wait upon a a a master We then become witnesses to the the development of the the the human soul the the the emergence of the the the New Man who will no longer be the victim of of events but thanks to his clarity of of vision will become able to to direct and to to mold the future of mankind ”3
Dr Maria Montessori
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Montessori
The Absorbent Mind 8–9 54 OBMC Parent & Student Handbook on E-learning
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