Botany, C. Kovacs

The book "Botānika" by Charles Kovacs is a reading book for 5th grade students of Waldorf schools. But any ten-year-old will read it with genuine interest.
Do you know why a rose knows multiplication? Count the petals of a rose and you will know!

Charles Kovacs was a teacher at Rudolph Steiner School in Edinburgh for many years. Waldorf or Steiner schools were born almost a hundred years ago, inspired by the pedagogical ideas and vision of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).
The curriculum of Waldorf schools promotes not only the intellectual growth of the child, but also seeks an individual way of educating the whole being in such a way that every growing child develops his human and spiritual potential as fully as possible.
As a teacher, Charles Kovacs kept meticulous notes of his lessons every day, and since then these texts have been highly valued by other teachers and widely used not only in Edinburgh, but also in other Waldorf schools around the world.
This book reveals how Charles Kovacs taught children. Another teacher will surely find his own way to teach children about botany.
At the end of the book, you will find Charles Kovacs's story to parents about how he taught botany to children in the 5th grade.
This is the first book in the Waldorf Education Source series. Why about botany? Because the world of plants is all around us - all you have to do is raise your eyes and look at the beauty of the world!

Translated from English by Aija Rancāne.