Drawn from my three-year immersion for the film Let the Child Be the Guide, my research, and my Montessori teacher training (AMI), this quote is an excerpt from a thematic selection I compiled to remove the primary obstacle to education: our adult prejudices. This post presents one of the themes from this collection, designed to transform, step by step, our gaze upon the child.
“When we witness the miracle of the child taking his first steps, we do not attach great importance to it, because it happens every day. On the other hand, we continually intervene to correct trifles. Would life not be richer, fuller, if we viewed the child in all his greatness, all his beauty, instead of placing the emphasis on all his little daily errors?” — Maria Montessori, The Child is the Future of Mankind