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We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. we may even suffocate life itself. that humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. it is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
-Maria Montessori
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We Cannot Know The Consequences Of Suppressing

Maria Montessori
We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. we may even suffocate life itself. that humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. it is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
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