- “The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."”
- “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”
- “One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.”
- "I had a built in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world...I wanted to do that through teaching."
Elizabeth, I like the quotes that you posted from Marie Montessori. Most of the time I think we don't allow children to demonstrate their thinking process. If we take the time to do less talking and more observation we get a better picture of how children learn. I think this leads to better preparation when planning for instruction.
ReplyDeleteI like your quotes from Marie. I so agree with this quote as well: “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding the Eric Carle resource! I will be using that this year :)
ReplyDelete~Kristen Gabany