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Thoughts from Maria Montessori:

"It is after this that the child, who can now walk and feels confident of his strength, begins to notice the actions of those about him, and tries to do the same things. In this period he imitates not because someone has told him to do so, but because of a deep inner need which he feels."

(The Absorbent Mind, p.143)

Thoughts from Maria Montessori:

"Growth and psychic development are therefore guided by: the absorbent mind, the nebulae and the sensitive periods with their respective mechanisms. It is these that are hereditary and characteristic of the human species. But the promise they hold can only be fulfilled through the experience of free activity conducted on the environment."

(The Absorbent Mind, p.87)

Thoughts from Maria Montessori:

"It follows that the child can only develop fully by means of experience on his environment. We call such experience “work”."

(The Absorbent Mind, p.80)