If young children are repeatedly able to experience periods of spontaneous concentration on a piece of work freely chosen, they will begin to display the characteristics of normal development: a love of work, an attachment to reality, and a love of silence and working alone. We see children that are happy, enthusiastic, generous, and helpful to others. They make constructive work choices, and their work reflects their level of development because their inner needs have been satisfied. (Boehnlein, Montessori, Maria)

“We get the unification of all the energies and the creation of a new person. We call this normalization. This phenomenon of normalization only comes through intensive activity and real concentration. (Montessori, Maria, The Child, Society and the World, p. 79) “Normal children have characteristics which are not common; they work with engaged interest, exactness and peace, happiness, social sentiment, etc….” (Montessori, Maria, The Secret of Childhood, p. 219)