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How Children Learn

How Children Learn Paperback - 1972

by John Caldwell Holt


About this book

Now in its 50th anniversary edition, How Children Learn is credited with pioneering the homeschooling movement starting in the 1970s. Over a million copies of the book have been sold. 

"In this enduring classic, rich with 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 his delightful book he observes how children actually learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how, as adults, we can best encourage these natural abilities in our children." - From the Publisher 

First line

In the early sixties, when I wrote much of the original How Children Learn, few psychologists were paying close attention to the learning of very young children.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of How Children Learn was published in 1967 by Pittman press.
Delacorte Press issued a revised edition in 1983. Perseus Press published an edition in 1995. The 50th anniversary edition was published by De Capo Press in 2017.

Details

  • Title How Children Learn
  • Author John Caldwell Holt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Delta, New York, NY
  • Date July 15, 1972
  • ISBN 9780385284264 / 0385284268
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.97 x 5.33 x 0.7 in (20.24 x 13.54 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 370.15
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