Child Development Quotes

"What a child can do in cooperation today he can do alone tomorrow" "The zone of proximal development defines those functions that have not yet matured but are in the process of maturation" "Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed." "Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world." "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." "Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything" "The most important question in the world is, Why is the child crying?" "The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences." "Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment." "The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn." "To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely." "A child who has become master of his acts through long and repeated exercises, and who has been encouraged by the pleasant and interesting activities in which he has been engaged, always shows a strong specific character: he is master of himself and knows how to conduct himself in society." "The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator." "Never do for a child what he is capable of doing for himself." "The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover"