Child Development Quotes

"Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything" "The most important question in the world is, Why is the child crying?" "The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences." "Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment." "The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn." "To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely." "A child who has become master of his acts through long and repeated exercises, and who has been encouraged by the pleasant and interesting activities in which he has been engaged, always shows a strong specific character: he is master of himself and knows how to conduct himself in society." "The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator." "Never do for a child what he is capable of doing for himself." "The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover" "Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves" "The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today" "One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child." "Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of his mind comes through his movements." "The child who concentrates is immensely happy." "The first essential for the child’s development is concentration." "When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength." "The child should live in an environment of beauty." "The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn" "Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time."