Why do they call it Work?

In defence -but more importantly- to promote a Clearer Understating

of 

Montessori Education

 

"We have been wrongly accused of wanting to deprive children of Joy! But our intention is neither to give them joy nor to take it away. Quite the contrary. The child in our prepared environment does not play. He works, and greed disappears; he works, and laziness disappears. He wants to do everything!"

 

-Education and Peace by Dr. Maria Montessori

 

Compared to traditional education, the child is the center of the learning in Montessori and we are serving them. This is our foundation. They will learn and we will learn through them.