A House Of Their Own

We do not say that we want to prepare a school for children, we wish to prepare an environment for life, (an environment) where the child can develop a life. That is why we call this institution a House of Children. The idea is to give the children a house of their own, a house in which they are the masters of themselves, in which they can act as they please
— Maria Montessori | 'Creative Development in Childhood Vol 1'

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