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Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

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The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.

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Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

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Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

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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.'

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Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

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We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

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The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world. We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.

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The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

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Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Educator

Born: August 31st, 1870

Died: May 6th, 1952

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