The Absorbent Mind The Absorbent Midn Is Base On Lectures giver by MariaMontessori, is an analysis of the physical and psychologicalaspects of a child's growth during the most significant period oflife-the first six years. During this period the child learns motorcoordination, language, the making of social adjustments, thesetting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that setpatterns for life. She illustrates the unique mental powers of theyoung child which enables him to construct and firmly establishwithin but a few years-without teachers, without any of the usualaids of education, nay, almost abandoned and often obstructed-allthe characteristics of the human personality.