"...movementis of great importance for a child. It is the functional incarnation of the creative energy which brings man to the perfection of his species. Through movement, he acts upon his external environment and thus carries his own personal mission in the world." (The Secret of Childhood, ch. 15 pg. 118)
We should help the child, therefore, no longer because we think of him as a creature, puny and weak, but because he is endowed with creative energies, which are of their nature so fragile as to need a loving and intelligent defense. To these energies we want to bring help…(The Absorbent Mind, p. 28)