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Limits – The tools to Freedom

Limits – The tools to Freedom

The tools to freedom Maria Montessori said that the opportunity to act freely within limits is the key to normal development and opens the door to inner freedom. She said: “We cannot make a man good, we can only help him to make himself.” For many of us, limits are...

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Free Choice

Free Choice

“Now the attention which one pays to things is not passive, but they correspond to an activity and an inner meaning. We do not take the world as it is, but as we are. It is not the picture of the world that is in us, (rather) it is our own picture. It is not the world...

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Montessori and Creativity

Montessori and Creativity

Introduction People sometimes say Montessori is too rigid. They say that the materials have to be used in a certain way and children are restricted in their creative expression by virtue of that.  My thoughts I have always wondered about this. I struggle with allowing...

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