Maria Montessori Quote

Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as a new-born baby, if left free without nourishment, would die of starvation. The organization of the work, therefore, is the cornerstone of this new structure of goodness [in education], but even that organization would be in vain without the liberty to make use of it.


Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook: A short guide to her ideas and materials (1914), Schocken Books, Inc." New York, p. 94.


Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as a new-born baby, if left...

Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as a new-born baby, if left...

Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as a new-born baby, if left...

Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as a new-born baby, if left...