Preschool is relating to the time in a child’s life that comes before attendance at school. Profoundly inspirational preschool quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Famous Preschool Quotes
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. Jacques Barzun
A child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. Pablo Casals
When you get, give. When you learn, teach. Maya Angelou
If we want our children to move mountains, we first have to let them get out of their chairs. Nicolette Sowder
Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world. Maria Montessori
Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions opening doors for them in places that they could not imagine. Yawar Baig
Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late. Max Forman
Anything you can teach in an indoor classroom can be taught outdoors, often in ways that are more enjoyable for children. Cathy James
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns. Rita Dunn
Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is. William Glasser
If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach. Deepak Chopra
Education is a painful, continual, and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning by praise, but above all, by example. John Ruskin
They may forget what you said, but they will not forget how you made them feel. Carl Buechner
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun
A child can teach an adult three things to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. Paulo Coelho
Teaching is the only major occupation for which we have not developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the naturals, the ones who somehow know how to teach. Peter Drucker
If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow. Alfie Kohn
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. Haim Ginott
Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play. Magda Gerber
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. Colleen Wilcox
Discipline is helping a child solve a problem. Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. To raise problem solvers, focus on solutions, not retribution. L.R. Knost
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelou
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy. Anatole France
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment. Maria Montessori
Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions opening doors for them in places that they could not imagine.Yawar Baig
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. Stacia Tauscher
Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history. Ray Merritt
A child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. Pablo Casals
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults. Frederick Douglass
Every child you encounter is a divine appointment. Wess Stafford
To take children seriously is to value them for who they are right now rather than adults in the making. Alfie Kohn
Children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression. Haim Ginott
Every day, in a hundred small ways, our children ask, Do you hear me? Do you see me? Do I matter? Their behavior often reflects our response. L.R. Knost
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James Baldwin
A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss
The best way to make children good is to make them happy. Oscar Wilde
Remember everyone in the classroom has a story that leads to misbehavior or defiance. Nine times out of ten, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry. It will break your heart. Annette Breaux
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. John F. Kennedy
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett
The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela
A child can teach an adult three things to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. Paulo Coelho
Children are likely to live up to what you believe in them. Lady Bird Johnson
Encouraging a child means that one or more of the following critical life messages are coming through, either by word or by action I believe in you, I trust you, I know you can handle this, you are listened to, you are cared for, you are very important to me. Barbara Coloroso
Remember you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine. Snow White
When we raise our children to Shine, the future becomes brighter! Brigette Foresman
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin
The journey through the preschool years helps children to move from dependence to interdependence to independence. Deepa Bhushan
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self protection. Alice Miller
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
Too close supervision stifles the mental growth of children. Abhijit Naskar
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. Plato
Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. Abigail Adams
Children are good learners. The first learn to act what they hear and see. Lailah Gifty Akita
Children need models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert
The function of a child is to live his her own life, not the life that his her anxious parents think he she should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educators who think they know best. A.S. Neill
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education. Alice Waters
Now, think of the happiest things. It’s the same as having Wings. Peter Pan
Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be. Eric Micha’el Leventhal
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. Anthony J. D’Angelo
Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination. Benjamin Spock
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers
A child’s sense of reality vs. fantasy can be a bit blurred at the preschool age. Eva Amurri
Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloom
Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein
Today is a good day to try. Quasimodo
They may forget what you said, but they will not forget how you made them feel. Carl Buechner
A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose. Tom Wilson
Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work. C.S. Lewis
No one is perfect that’s why pencils have erasers. Wolfgang Riebe
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Ignacio Estrada
Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost, and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path. Ellen DeGeneres
If we want our children to move mountains, we first have to let them get out of their chairs. Nicolette Sowder
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray. Go throw your TV set away! And in its place, you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall. Roald Dahl
My object is to show that the chief function of the child his business in the world during the first six or seven years of his life is to find out all he can, about whatever comes under his notice, by means of his five senses. Charlotte Mason
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama
Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers
Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to say, What light? and two more to say, I didn’t turn it on. Erma Bombeck
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.Thumper, Bambi
Art for toddlers and preschoolers is rarely about beauty. it’s all about exploration and personal expression. Heather Shumaker
When your mother asks, Do you want a piece of advice? it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. Erma Bombeck
Next time a child has a meltdown, see their smallness. See how their emotions are bigger than they are. And in that moment of truly seeing them, you will feel empathy rather than exasperation. Dr. Ashley Soderlund
Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. Alice Munroe
We are built to play and built through play. When we play, we are engaged in the purest expression of our humanity, the truest expression of our individuality. Stuart Brown
A friend is like an oreo, it’s not always that great, but it always gets better! Erin Westbrook
Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in the child’s soul. Friedrich Froebel
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? Abraham Lincoln
Before we ever put a pencil in a child’s hands, those hands should dig, climb, press, pull, squish, twist, and pinch in a wide array of environments and with a variety of materials. Amanda Morgan
The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
Things are never quite scary when you’ve got a best friend. Bill Watterson
All children can explode into learning. Maria Montessori
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Charles Dederich
Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. Diana
You’re off to great places. Today is your first day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way! Dr. Seuss
Passive toys make active learners. Magda Gerber
Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, It was like trying to hold 35 corks underwater at the same time. Mark Twain
Children don’t need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear. Emma Thompson
Sign on a high school bulletin board in Dallas Free every Monday through Friday knowledge. Bring your own containers. E.C. McKenzie
Join them in their world when they’re little so you’ll be welcome in their world when they get big. L.R. Knost
Work hard, nap hard. Demi Lovato
All children are artists. Picasso
