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Plainly the child’s love of order is something more than what the adult means by the words. It is a vital need at a certain age, in which disorder is painful and is felt as a wound in the depths of the soul, so that the child might say, “I cannot live unless I have order about me.” It is indeed a question of life and death. For the grown-up it is only a question of external pleasure, of a more or less indifferent comfort. But the child makes himself out of the elements of his environment, and this self-making is not accomplished by some vague formula, but following a precise and definite guidance.

Quote ID: 02750

Author

Maria Montessori

Source

The Secret Of Childhood

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