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The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Hands, Play
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.84, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.

Caroline Pratt
Long, World, Lifetime
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.31, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Taken, Adults

Children learn eagerly and well when they have need of the knowledge.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Needs, Wells
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.64, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.

Caroline Pratt
Jobs, Children, Play

Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

Caroline Pratt
Progress, Firsts, Steps
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.31, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Doe, Waste
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.23, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The most important phase of a child’s life was the beginning of it. He must be started right.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Important, Phases
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.37, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners.

Caroline Pratt
Retrospect, Flaunting, Banner
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.52, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

A school’s job [is] to begin education.

Caroline Pratt
Jobs, School

Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds and leaps unevenly ahead in his growth.

Caroline Pratt
Children, Growing Up, Growth
Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.95, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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