Practical Life

"When children come  into  the  world  their  first  function  is  to adapt to their environment so that they may become a member of the human group to which they uniquely belong. The mechanism by which this occurs is one of absorption of all the elements surrounding them, obeying vital inner directives common to all children."

The first elements to be perceived and absorbed into the child’s very being are the numerous levels of order prevailing in their home.