This is a great book for teachers just starting our their careers, or for those who have been at it awhile but just want some fresh ideas. Lots of good tips and ideas.
(From the back of the book) " Destroying the false dichotomy between work and play, [Holt]dempnstrates how children may learn by doing, by touching and trying and shows how conditions may be created...which foster the child's sense of the wholeness and openness of life... A fine inquiry into the possibilities of a more humanistic educational system"