Maria Montessori Tasks Quotations

To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator.

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.

Never help a child with a task that they feel they can complete themselves.

The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.