When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a road had opened up within their souls that let to all their latent powers, revealing the better part of themselves. They exhibited a great affability to everyone, put themselves out to help others and seemed full of good will.
当孩子做完一件感兴趣的工作时，他们会显得放松、深感愉悦。就好像在他们的灵魂中，有一条道路被打开了，这条路通向他们的所有潜能，揭示出他们更好的一面。他们展现出对所有人的极大友善、去努力帮助他人且充满善意。
It was clear to me that the concept of order and the development of character, of the intellectual and emotional life, must derive from this veiled source. Thereafter, I set out to find experimental objects that would make this concentration possible, and carefully worked out an environment that would present the most favorable external conditions for this concentration.
And that is how my method began.
——Maria Montessori, The Child in the Family
我很清楚，不论是智力或情感生活，其中良好的秩序感和人格发展都来自这个隐秘源头。后来，我开始做实验，寻找能让专注发生的东西，我精心构建了一种环境，它能为专注提供最有利的外部条件。
我的教育理念就是这样开始的。
——玛丽亚·蒙台梭利《家庭中的孩子》
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