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Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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John Holt, in this his last book, clearly demonstrates how children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world without being taught. Learning cannot be coerced, he maintains; indeed, it is "as natural as breathing." "A capstone to his ten books on education."--The New York Times Book Review.


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 372
EAN: 9780201550917
ISBN: 0201550911
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1990-01-21
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press


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Summary: good for your children
Comment: This is the first John Holt book I have read. I think I had higher hopes for it. It is highly anecdotal (as opposed to data driven). But I believe his claims to be true for children and their learning abilities. I think if you are being told that your children are "learning disabled" or not keeping up, or not meeting expectations, that this is a good read to help you feel confident that ALL children will learn at their own pace and in their own style. They need us to have faith in them, to love them and to hope with them.

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Summary: Learning All the Time
Comment: This is one of the books that makes you think for a long time. I think its concept is quite like Montesorri's, encourages that the kids in one class should be of different ages ranging from 3 to 6. In this way, the older ones learn to take care of the younger, the younger ones learn easily from the big kids. This reduces a lot learning barriers that coming from the traditional school class. I love it. I am from China that adopts one-child policy, which created a lot of problems. Kid as the only attention focus for the whole family does not have the opportunity to learn from their bothers and sisters. The key point of this book is, it told you that "learning" is not a big and heavy yet boring task that you can only fulfill at school. Keep the learning and open attitude, everything in life will become a much better teaching tool for your kids. This is an inspiring book for parents that have kids from new born to 6 years old. Myself is also the translator of its Chinese edition. This book was published in China, and sold well.

Customer Rating:
Summary: wonderful book
Comment: Everyone should read this book, whether you have children yet or not! This is a great insight into how we as humans learn naturally and organically! A wonderful read.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book!
Comment: This is a great book and I recommend EVERYONE should read it. Parents, grandparents, and even teens! Too often adults feel they are too old to learn. Children should be taught from an early age to love learning and that learning doesn't just happen 5 days a week from 8 - 3. This book is awesome and I wish my parents had read and followed it when I was a child.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for everyone interested in children
Comment: A book for everyone interested in how children learn. It would be of special interest to unschoolers or natural learners. Very eye-opening regarding the way children perceive the world and how they constantly learn from it, even when we interfere with this learning process.

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