Science Subjects for Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade

Are you wondering what to teach your kids about science?

Here are some ideas for kindergarten through eighth grade based on a typical Waldorf approach.

Kindergarten – Play in nature; no formal instruction

First Grade – Nature study

Second Grade – Nature study; possibly farming

Third Grade – Farming; conservation

Fourth Grade – Man and animal

Fifth Grade – Botany

Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grades – Mineralogy, astronomy, climatology, physiology, health and nutrition, physics, and chemistry

Children may also experience gardening throughout this whole time, as well.

Source: Harrer, William. The Teaching of Science in the Rudolf Steiner School. Education as an Art, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 1947.