J. Holt

John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, learning is as natural as breathing. He looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in children.

The late education reformer explains how children naturally acquire knowledge of the basics from everyday life at home, to show that learning is an innate human activity that need not be coerced. The essence of John Holt's insight into learning and small children is captured in Learning All The Time. This delightful book by the influential aut...