The Importance of the Early Years Dr. Montessori, one of the most important educators of our time, emphasized the need for early education. For that is the time when man's intelligence itself, his greatest implement, is being formed. The Real Needs of the Child Montessori attitudes and philosophy are most consistent with the needs of a child in the process of developing and learning. Montessori's educational theories are based on the way a child develops naturally and are then correlated for use as an educational system consistent with these laws. Child Centered Dr. Montessori believed that no human being is educated by another person.
People teach themselves.
A truly educated individual continues learning long after the hours and years spent in a classroom because he or she is motivated from within by a natural curiosity and love for knowledge. She felt therefore, that the goal of early education should not be to fill children with facts from a pre-selected course of studies, but rather to cultivate their own natural desire to learn. As a result, children concentrate with enthusiasm and achieve a real and profound understanding of their work. This intellectual progress is accompanied by emotional growth. The children become harmonious in movement, independent in work, and honest and helpful with one another.