Sometimes you just need a good quote for inspiration or encouragement. Am I right? The other day was rainy and dreary and I found myself needing inspiration just to get through the day. I am so ready for Spring! So in case you need a little pick-me-up too, below you’ll find 19 quotes perfect for homeschool parents.
Children are not only extremely good at learning; they are much better at it than we are. -John Holt
“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Without confidence and love, there can be no true education” -St. John Bosco
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
“Children learn from anything and everything they see. They learn wherever they are, not just in special learning places.” – John Holt
“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” -Thomas Berry
“Educating a child is a natural process. Homeschooling is nothing more than an extension of parenting.” – John Taylor Gatto
• “The education of a child is a work of love.” -Maria Montessori
“Children are born with all the curiosity they will ever need. It will last a lifetime if they are fed upon a daily diet of ideas.” -Charlotte Mason
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” -Aristotle
“Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when the find a puddle of water…” -Maria Montessori
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. -C.S. Lewis
“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. “ -Oscar Wilde
“We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.” -Maria Montessori
“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” -Bob Talbert
“The best education does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living – hands on, exploring, in active relationship with life.”-Vince Gowman
“There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” -Gandhi
“Don’t just tell your children about the world, show them.” -Penny Whitehouse
“Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.” Charlotte Mason
Do you have a favorite quote I missed? Let me know what it is in the comment section!
