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.
“To tell someone that he is stupid, foolish, or brave, good or bad, is a form of betrayal. The child must become aware of what he does, and he must be given the possibility of developing, as well as that of controlling his own errors.” — Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind