Can you recommend some good books about how children learn?

[Aubergines]

Hiya

I thought the parents on this topic were likely to be a good source of book recommendations about how children learn and how to engage them through play and more structured routes.

I am not a home ed-er, in fact my eldest is only 3.5 so I have yet to make decisions about schooling. However I am really interested in learning more about learning (IYSWIM) before I make decisions about education.

TIA

[musicposy]

How Children Learn by John Holt, and How Children Learn at Home by Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison, are both really good starting places.

[FlamingoBingo]

What musicposy said!

Also, any other books by John Holt:

How children fail
Learning all the time
Teach your own

And 'Read with Me: An Apprenticeship Approach to Reading' by Liz Waterland explains how children learn best to read.

Listen To Your Child by David Crystal (I think) is interesting - about how children learn to talk, which I expect your eldest is doing already, but it's relevant to how children learn to do things.

[maverick]

Absolute must read for all parents:

Growing a reader from birth: your child's path from language to literacy by Diane McGuinness

[Aubergines]

Thanks so much. I have ordered How Children Learn to start me off.