The phrase doesn't mean children are little sages with the secrets of the universe. It means we equip children to teach themselves in a well prepared environme

The phrase doesn't mean children are little sages with the secrets of the universe. It means we equip children to teach themselves in a well prepared environment. That might mean just putting a child in a room with a book or it might mean spending a lot of time with the kid and helping them slowly learn vowel sounds. We tune the methodology to the child so they can become self sufficient life learners. "The prepared environment" is a critical concept. It means a safe environment that the child can explore that has activities intentionally chosen for that child to learn from. That means age appropriate, developmentally appropriate and so on.