To trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves ... and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted. — John Holt
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. — Lloyd Alexander
The key is curiosity, and it is curiosity, not answers that we model. As we seek to know more about a child, we demonstrate the acts of observing, listening, questioning and wondering. When we are curious about a child's words and our responses to those words, the child feels respected. The child is respected. "What are the ideas that I have that are so interesting to the teacher? I must be somebody with good ideas." — Vivian Paley
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