A Merloyd Lawrence Book: How Children Learn (50th anniversary edition) (Paperback)

from rbtanger

I remember my mother reading this when I was a child. She referenced it often... and now I do the same. Thirty years after it was first published, this seminal work is still worth reading and then reading again. John Holt is the grand-daddy of pop-psych educational writing. Don't let the pop-psyc...

from majackson

Riveting from the first page to the last, the style is engaging and illuminating. The anecdotes also corroborate my experience and just "feel" right. Sadly, it doesn't seem as if the establishment has paid any attention to his observations: I know of no government school systems that devote any a...

from BoundTogetherForGood

John Holt was a genius at times. I really like this book and it is one that is worthy of re-reading.

from cmccaughren

I read this from the perspective of a potential home-schooler, and it did give me some encouragement. The main message of the book is 'trust your children' - they are natural learners, and you are not going to have to force education down their throats. In fact, the less you do the better. The bo...

from rbtanger

I remember my mother reading this when I was a child. She referenced it often... and now I do the same. Thirty years after it was first published, this seminal work is still worth reading and then reading again. John Holt is the grand-daddy of pop-psych educational writing. Don't let the pop-psyc...