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Nature gives small children an intrinsic sensibility to order, as built up by an inner sense which is a sense not of distinction between things but of distinction of the relationship between things, so that it perceives an environment as a whole with interdependent parts. Only in such an environment, known as a whole, is it possible for the child to orient himself and to act with purpose; without it he would have no basis on which to build his perception of relationship. It would be like having furniture without a house to put it in. What would be the use of an accumulation of external images without the order that brings them into organized relation?

Quote ID: 02975

Author

Maria Montessori

Source

The Secret Of Childhood

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