Can you recommend some good books about how children learn?

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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

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

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.

Absolute must read for all parents:

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

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