- Hardcover: 169 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co (1 Jan 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 020112095X
- ISBN-13: 978-0201120950
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 132,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 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 Holts wit, his gentle wisdom, and his infectious love of little children bring joy to parent and teacher alike.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this to to confirm my beliefs that children can learn in their own way and their own time without adult intervention, in fact they do much better without adults interfering. All adults need to do is to meet basic needs and be the childs support and the child will do the rest.
I have witnessed this myself while watching my own children grow up and through my childminding job.
A must for anyone who has children or who works with children.
All of John Holts books are worth reading.
I have witnessed this myself while watching my own children grow up and through my childminding job.
A must for anyone who has children or who works with children.
All of John Holts books are worth reading.
51 of 56 people found the following review helpful
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I read an article about 15 years ago in Parade magazine about the Colfax family and the homeschooled sons that they sent to Harvard. This got me interested in homeschooling any children I might have one day, but my fiance (now my husband) disagreed. So I began on long, slow process of picking up books at the library about homeschooling and leaving them in convenient spots such as the bathroom, for him to read. This book is the one that convinced my husband that homeschooling was a viable and intelligent choice for our family.
Filled with marvelous insights about children and how they learn, their initial love of learning and their later dread of it, this book explains why children's love of learning must be cherished and treasured. It is a wonderful book, for homeschooler and institutional schooler alike.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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How Children Fail and How Children Learn are two books that every teacher and parent should read, just as it was said in The Teacher magazine in US when it first reviewed it. I have been using these two books, together with other classics like, Didactica Magna by Johan Amos Comenius and Democracy and Education by John Dewy, and Piaget's and Vygotsky's books on psychology and education. Holt's books gives special insights which are crucial to all education. And they are not autdated. Creating safe places to learn, releasing play and creativity, following up each child - and how to do it - these are some of the qualities of Holt's books. I do not agree with his ideas of home-schooling though, this may work for special families, but not for all of society.
Terje Valen, teacher of 13-16 year olds for nearly forty years. Norway.
Terje Valen, teacher of 13-16 year olds for nearly forty years. Norway.
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