The Wonder and Energy of Childhood

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.
Stacia Tausher

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
Maria Montessori

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.
Roger von Oech, President, Creative Think

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.
What! Is it nothing to be happy?
Nothing to skip, play and run around all day long?
Never in his life will he be so busy again.
Jean Jacques Rousseau 

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult
who can share it rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
Rachel Carson

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
Chinese proverb

A young child is, indeed, a true scientist, just one big question mark, 
What?Why? How?
I never cease to marvel at the recurring miracle of growth,
to be fascinated by the mystery and wonder of this brave enthusiasm.
Victoria Wagner

These quotes begin to capture the exuberant time of life that is early childhood. It bursts on the scene and
progresses with every fiber of its being engaged. Lucky for us we get to come along side.