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A teacher simply assists him at the beginning to get his bearings among so many different things and teaches him the precise use of each of them; that is to say, she introduces him to the ordered and active life of the environment. But then she leaves him free in the choice and execution of his work.
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Maria Montessori (The Discovery of the child: formerly entitled "The Montessori Method", based on the original archives by M. Montessori, in partnership with AMI - ASSOCIATION ... (The Montessori Series Book 2))