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.
“The child is an explorer by nature. Perhaps up to the age of 5, nothing can be taught to him: he takes no account of our explanations! We cannot be his teacher, but we can help him. We must bring him two complementary forms of help: an educator and an environment adapted to his needs.” — Maria Montessori, Creative Development in the Child, Vol. 1