How Children Learn

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0201484048
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Explores the natural learning processes of children at the pre-school and primary grade level and describes the ways in which formal education damages and impedes the child's independent ability to learn

How Children Learn (50th anniversary edition)

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738220094
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
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.

How Children Learn, 50th anniversary edition

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 9780738220086
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From the preface by Deborah Meier: "We have a long way to go to make John Holt's dream available to all children. But his books make it possible and easier for many of us to join him in the journey." In this enduring classic, rich with 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 his delightful book he observes how children actually learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how, as adults, we can best encourage these natural abilities in our children.

Teach Your Own

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Hachette Go
ISBN: 0306926202
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
The classic guide to teaching children at home for a new generation of homeschooling parents In 2019, there were more than two million children being homeschooled. That number doubled during the pandemic and is now likely to continue increasing as more parents worry that school might not be the best place for their children to learn and grow. Teach Your Own helped launch the homeschooling movement; now, its timeless and revolutionary message of recognizing the ways children come to understand the world has been updated for today’s environment. Parents and caregivers will discover how to navigate: Learning in a classroom versus learning in the world The difference between a learning difficulty (which we all experience every time we try to learn anything) and a learning disability. Schedules that achieve the homeschooling-work-life balance that you want as a family The relationship between learning and play Homeschooling and technology And much more. John Holt's warm understanding of children and his passionate belief in every child's ability to learn have made this book an essential resource for over forty years to homeschooling families.

How Children Fail

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 9780201484021
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
First published in the mid 1960s, How Children Fail began an education reform movement that continues today. In his 1982 edition, John Holt added new insights into how children investigate the world, into the perennial problems of classroom learning, grading, testing, and into the role of the trust and authority in every learning situation. His understanding of children, the clarity of his thought, and his deep affection for children have made both How Children Fail and its companion volume, How Children Learn, enduring classics.

Learning All The Time

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 9780201550917
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
The essence of John Holt's insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows how children learn to read, write, and count in their everyday life at home and how adults can respect and encourage this wonderful process. For human beings, he reminds us, learning is as natural as breathing. John Holt's wit, his gentle wisdom, and his infectious love of little children bring joy to parent and teacher alike.

Growing Without Schooling

Author: John Caldwell Holt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
How and why of unschooling that is not published anywhere else, as well as hundreds of firsthand accounts by unschooling's earliest practitioners that resonate with even more meaning today. Book jacket.

Freedom and Beyond

Author: John Caldwell Holt
Publisher: Boynton/Cook
ISBN: 9780867093674
Category : Child rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
John Holt looks at the role that schooling in society plays in education.

A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition

Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250004675
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Fifty years ago, L'Engle introduced the world to "A Wrinkle in Time." This special edition has been redesigned and includes an Introduction by Katherine Paterson, an Afterword by Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis that includes photographs and memorabilia, the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech, and other bonus materials.

Teach Your Own

Author: John Holt
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 9780385290074
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of home education, offering advice on legal strategy, dealing with school authorities, home learning, and returning to school at a later time