Maria Montessori on Childhood Education
(Montessori in a nut shell)

“One would like to know in a few clear words what this Montessori Method really is.  We must consider the human personality and not a method of education.  For the word “method” we should substitute something like this:  ” Help given in order that the human personality may achieve its independence.”  Or “Means offered to deliver the human personality from the oppression of age-old prejudices regarding education.”

Maria Montessori on Childhood Education