Week #36

“Children don't learn from what we tell them. They learn from who we are.”

Week #35

“Children do not need to be made to learn — they want to learn.”

Week #34

“Play creates a zone of proximal development. In play, a child always behaves beyond their average age.”

Week #33

“The zone of proximal development is the distance between what a child can do alone and what they can do with support.”

Week #32

“Never help a child with a task at which they feel they can succeed.”

Week #31

“In the first six years of life, the child creates themselves. Our task is not to shape, but to accompany.”

Week #30

“If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”

Week #29

“The only thing students should take away from school is respect for themselves and a desire to keep learning.”

Week #28

“Behind every challenging behavior is an unmet need.”

Week #27

“Children need connection before correction.”

Week #26

“Instead of punishing — describe the problem. Instead of praising — describe what you see.”

Week #25

“When we deny our children's emotions, we deny their experience of reality.”

Week #24

“Vulnerability is not weakness. It is our most accurate measure of courage.”

Week #23

“Boredom is not a problem — it is an invitation to creativity.”

Week #22

“A child who plays is learning. A child forced to learn loses the desire.”

Week #21

“The good enough mother lets the child down — and then repairs the relationship.”

Week #20

“Maturity is the capacity to handle increasing complexity — not to avoid it.”

Week #19

“A child's aggression is always a message. The question is: what are they trying to tell you?”

Week #18

“Children don't need perfect parents. They need authentic ones.”

Week #17

“Don't look for the perfect parent in the mirror. Look for the authentic one.”

Week #16

“Anything that's human is mentionable. And anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”

Week #15

“You are special. You are the only one like you. There has never been anyone exactly like you.”

Week #14

“Being a parent isn't about building a product. It's about tending a garden.”

Week #13

“Children are the R&D department of the human species.”

Week #12

“You don't have to play with your child to be a good parent. You need to let your child play.”

Week #11

“Do less. Observe more. Enjoy most.”

Week #10

“A child's brain is not a small adult brain. It is under construction — and we are the architects of the environment in which this happens.”

Week #9

“Emotions are information, not the enemy. Even the difficult ones tell us something important.”

Week #8

“Name it to tame it. When we help a child name an emotion, we help them understand and regulate it.”

Week #7

“Play is the highest form of research.”

Week #6

“Help me to do it myself.”

Week #5

“The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.”

Week #4

“The child learns everything unconsciously, passing gradually from the unconscious to the conscious.”

Week #3

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say: the children are now working as if I did not exist.”

Week #2

“The child who is respected learns to respect. The child surrounded by tolerance learns to be patient.”

Week #1

“Children are not people of tomorrow — they are people today. They have a right to be taken seriously.”