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How Children Learn (50th anniversary edition)

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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. Childhood Education Developmental Psychology Education Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships

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"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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i will listen to it again. it helped me to become better parent for my children

loved every bit of this book.

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A wonderful, thought provoking reflection of John Holt's experiences and observations. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

wonderful

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This was my first book on audible and I highly recommend it. Kids are inquisitive naturally and we should nurture that.

Eye opening

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One of the best books I've ever read about how children learn and grow!

A must read book about children development

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I am so thankful that many years ago I heard of John Holt. I home educated my four children and what a thrill and pleasure to watch them learn in exactly the way that John describes. This book is the perfect insight for people who want to find out how to best facilitate their children's learning and that is stepping back and letting them get on with it, turn off your teacher voice, answer what you are asked and be able to say: "Hmmm! I don't know. I will have to look that up." Show your child by your example that not knowing and finding out is normal.

Children are born to learn

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