From your preface by Deborah Meier:

‘We have quite a distance to go to make John Holt’s dream open to all kids. But his books be able and easier for most of us to become listed on him in the journey.’

In this enduring classic, rich with deep, original insight in to the nature of early learning, John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small kids, ‘learning is as organic as deep breathing.’ In his wonderful reserve he observes how children actually figure out how to talk, to read, to count, also to reason, and how, as adults, we can best encourage these organic abilities inside our children.