The Absorbent Mind Author:Maria Montessori Thus writes Maria Montessori in The Absorbent Mind, her fascinating analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child's growth during the most significant period of human life, the first six years. It is during this period that the child acquires, in unaided fashion, the enormous knowledge of motor coordination, the making of social... more » adjustments, the setting of work habits, the language and the beginning of routines that will set the patterns of life.« less