Firefly Family Montessori:

A Well Prepared environment for the spiritual embryos

M-Motivation: “The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.”

O-Observation: “As we observe children, we see the vitality of their spirit, the maximum effort put forth in all they do, the intuition, attention and focus they bring to all life’s events, and the sheer joy they experience in living.”

N-Nature: “When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.”

T-Teachers: “It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.”

E-Environment: “To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.”

S-Self-discipline: “The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.”

S-Soul: “As we observe children, we see the vitality of their spirit, the maximum effort put forth in all they do, the intuition, attention and focus they bring to all life’s events, and the sheer joy they experience in living.”

O-Organization: “Freedom without organization of work would be useless. ...... The organization of the work, therefore, is the cornerstone of this new structure of goodness [in education], but even that organization would be in vain without the liberty to make use of it.”

R-Reality: “The true basis of the imagination is reality.”

I-Independence: “Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.”