“To rescue a man lost in the woods, you must get to where he is.”

Some girls in a classroom had trouble with a math problem. Other children began to try to show the girls where they had gone wrong, but without success. "To rescue a man lost in the woods, you must get to where he is." The other children could not get to where these girls were, could not see how they had arrived at their answer, and hence could not help them. Unless the teacher came in and deconstructed their method there was no progress.

You can not correct what you don't understand

From the preface by Deborah Meier: "We have a long way to go to make John Holt's dream available to all children. But his books make it possible and easier for many of us to join him in the journey." 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.

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From the preface by Deborah Meier: "We have a long way to go to make John Holt's dream available to all children. But his books make it possible and easier for many of us to join him in the journey." 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.

Vladimir Oane's Key Ideas from How Children Learn
by John Holt

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You can not correct what you don't understand

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You can not correct what you don't understand

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