How Children Learn, 50th Anniversary Edition

by John Holt

Overview

This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and parents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, "learning is as natural as breathing." In this delightful yet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in our children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738220086
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Edition description:	Anniversary
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	286,965
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1140L (what's this?)

About the Author

John Holt (1927-1985), one of this country's leading educational and social critics, was the author of ten influential books which have been translated into fourteen languages. Known both as a passionate reformer and as "the gentle voice of reason" (LIFE magazine), John Holt offers insights into the nature of learning that are more relevant today than ever before.

Table of Contents

Foreword Deborah Meier vii

Preface xi

Learning about Children 1

Games & Experiments 21

Talk 73

Reading 121

Sports 169

Art, Math, & Other Things 185

Fantasy 227

The Mind at Work 251

Learning & Love 283

Index 291

About John Holt 303

About Deborah Meier 304

Editorial Reviews

"Holt is a class with Piaget."
—New York Review of Books

"By his vision of what can be done in education, he makes us think in new ways about what is being done."
—The Wall Street Journal

"One of the most profoundly moving books I've ever read, the truest account of how I remember my best learning experiences as a child and an adult."
—Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway and Little Brother

"The gentle voice of reason."
—Life magazine

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