Movement is essential and is the basis of the human’s growth and acquisition of independence. Through the child's own effort, she wills herself to refine her muscular coordination and consequently acquires increasingly higher levels of independent functioning. Because of this developmental need, children are drawn to activities that involve movement and especially to those which demand a certain level of exactitude and precision. (Haines)

“But movement always remains as the basis for a life of relationships, for it is precisely this capacity to move that distinguishes man and in fact the whole animal kingdom from the vegetable world. Movement is therefore an essential part of life, and education cannot be conceived as moderating or, what is worse, inhibiting. Rather it should permit a child’s energies to develop normally and assist him to exert them most profitably.” (Montessori, Maria, The Discovery of the Child, p. 81) “The development of movement is therefore duplex; partly it is tied to biological law; partly it is connected with the inner life, though both kinds are dependent on the use of muscles… two lines of development: the development of the hand, and that of walking and keeping one’s balance.” (Montessori, Maria, The Absorbent Mind, p. 136) “It is the possession of coordinated movements (movements in which many muscles have to co-operate) that enables the child to imitate actions of ours.” (Montessori, Maria, The Absorbent Mind, p. 144) “Man, instead, brings no abilities with him into the world, yet his gifts are unsurpassed in the learning of movements. Of skilled movements he can acquire the most varied imaginable; those of the craftsman, the acrobat, the dancer, the musician, and champions in the many fields of sport.” (Montessori, Maria, The Absorbent Mind, p. 65)