Maria Montessori on Freedom

Let the children be free; 
encourage them; 

let them run outside when it is raining; 

let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; 

and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; 

let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; 

let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.

--Maria Montessori