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A comparison of animals and humans, as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Classes 4-5 (ages nine to eleven).
Description
A wonderful comparative introduction to animals and humans for children which is written in Charles Kovacs's warm and expressive style.
Charles Kovacs taught in Edinburgh so there is a Scottish flavour to the animals discussed in the first half of the book, including seals, red deer and eagles. In the later chapters, he covers elephants, horses and bears.
This is a fascinating and engaging resource for teachers and home schoolers which is used in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum for 9-11 year olds.
Author
Charles Kovacs was born in Austria. He left his native country in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss and joined the British Army in East Africa. After the War, he settled in Britain, and in 1956 he took over a class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Edinburgh, where he remained a class teacher until his retirement in 1976. He died in 2001. His extensive lesson notes have been a useful and inspiring resource material for many teachers. He is the author of Parsifal and the Search for the Grail (2002), The Age of Revolution (2003), Ancient Greece (2004), The Age of Discovery (2004), Ancient Rome (2005), Botany (2005) and Muscles and Bones (2006).
Links
More teacher resources by Charles Kovacs:
The Age of Discovery
The Age of Revolution
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Botany
Muscles and Bones
Parsifal and the Search for the Grail
Geology and Astronomyl
Norse Mythology
