"Our aim is not only to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core."- Maria Montessori
“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.” - Maria Montessori
“If you do a little bit of looking at books with your children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures and ... what the word means, but don't get into very structured systematic teaching at too early an age, ... and you also interact emotionally and have fun with pretend play ... then you have the best of both worlds.” _ Stanley Greenspan
"Regardless of the history of IQ tests in the family, if I see nurturing, warm, interactive people who read emotional signals well and interact well, usually I see happy, competent and bright children,” - Stanley Greenspan
“It’s not all about you, you have to take your ego out of it and think about what’s best for this child and you care about them enough to help them transition.” - Renatta Cooper (Week 2 Video}
"Whenever I get bogged down with all the paperwork that I have to do at times, I'm just like okay, take 20 minutes, go to go see the children s that you don't forget what you're doing all this for" - Raymond Hernandez (Week 2 video)
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All of these are great quotes Dale. I especially love the one by Stanley Greenspan, because it should not take the IQ test score to dictate a child's knowledge, because alot of people are smart in different ways.
ReplyDeleteDale, there were so many rich quotes from Montessori. I hadn't read the first one you posted. I think the stimulation of the imagination she refers to is so important today. It seems using the imagination is more of a struggle for children than it used to be!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. We can blame that on technology. Children no longer need to exercise their imagination when they can have pretty much any experience in the classroom via virtual realty.
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