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How Children Fail

How Children Fail more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

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 ...

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How children learn

How children learn more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

A classic for parents and teachers, with over 750,000 copies sold.. 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 ...

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Learning All the Time

Learning All the Time more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

How small children begin to read, write, count, and investigate the world, without being taught.. The essence of John Holts 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 ...

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Escape from Childhood

Escape from Childhood more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

The Needs and Rights of Children, by John Holt. The case for treating children like real people, not pets and slaves, and for making available to them all the adult rights & responsibilities as outlined in the U.S. Bill of Rights. This book will challenge not only your ideas about what constitutes "childhood" In today's society, but your ideas ...

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What Do I Do Monday?

What Do I Do Monday? more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

When teachers listened to Holt's talks, or wrote him letters as hundreds did, invariably they would say something like: "I understand what you're saying, but what can I do about this in my own classroom? What do I do on Monday?"

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The underachieving school

The underachieving school more books like this

by John Holt

This is a collection of essays and articles written and compiled by John Holt, each brimming with inspiration and ideas on how to teach children. Taking into account how children actually learn, this book shows us the difference between learning and schooling through his original thinking; clear, thoughtful writing; and first-hand accounts of what ...

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Teach Your Own more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

Today more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless understanding of the ways children come to understand the world and added up-to-the-moment practical advice. Rather than proposing ...

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Self-Respecting Child PB

Self-Respecting Child PB more books like this

by Alison Stallibrass, John Caldwell Holt (Foreword by)

This classic study of the spontaneous play of young children combines vivid and delightful observations with profoundly important insights. Alison Stallibrass, an expert on childrens play and the mother of five children, makes clear the importance of uninhibited games and activities, without adult interference, in building a childs skill, judgment ...

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Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story

Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story more books like this

by John Caldwell Holt

The myth that in order to be successful, one must start an instrument (or a sport, or a language) in early childhood is forever demolished.. If I could learn to play the cello well, as I thought I could, I could show by my own example that we all have greater powers than we think; that whatever we want to learn or learn to do, we probably can ...

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Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education more books like this

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Instead of Education more books like this

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How Child Learn R Dt more books like this

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Escape from childhood : the needs and rights of children more books like this

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