"Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds and leaps unevenly ahead in his growth."

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Source : Caroline Pratt (2014). “I Learn from Children: An Adventure in Progressive Education”, p.95, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Caroline Pratt

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