Teaching Children

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each." (Plato)

“Teaching is not about how we see things, it is about how children see things.” (Kavita B Ghosh)

"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." (Margaret Mead)

“A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.” (Fulton J. Sheen, “Life Is Worth Living”)

"When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think." (Bertrand Russell)

“Everyday classroom teaching is not what children will remember, but how you made a difference in their lives.” (Nita Ambani)

"The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher." (Elbert Hubbard)

"Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there's nothing in it. There's no interest, you learn nothing actually." (Sir James Dyson)