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How Children Learn (50th anniversary edition)

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By John Holt

Read by Matt Kugler

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Aug 1, 2017
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781478988335

Format

  1. ebook
  2. Trade Paperback

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  2. ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD
  3. Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

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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.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Education
  • Learning Styles

Series:

  • A Merloyd Lawrence Book

  • "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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John Holt

John Holt

About the Author

John Holt (1923-1985), 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 offered insights into the nature of learning that are more relevant today than ever before.
 
Pat Farenga, writer and president of Holt Associates, brings more than 34 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience to help children and parents learn in their own ways. He lectures all over the country and is the father of three home-schooled daughters.

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