10 things that hit in the Swiss school

Almost a month in the Swiss school, and I do not have time to write down what amazes me. I share it. Let the most-advanced moms, dads and teachers will take away the best in their homes, schools and courses.

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Lessons are in blocks of one and a half hours. Among them twenty minutes of rest, during which the children are always in the street. Yes, I do understand about the difference in the weather, but there are so constructed school that the children leave class air under the canopy. This terrace in each class. (Well, what if you build your school). They do not even have to change shoes. In any rain and the wind they are there.

In good weather, all (and teachers, I swear!), Playing football, basketball, ping pong and all the bouncers. A child who does not run, likely would be taken to the doctor. I drove my first two weeks of every day. And they just do not know that the school can run.

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From 11:30 to 13:30 lunch break. You can stay in school, you can go home. I break this a bit annoying, but because of his children do not get tired. Generally. Alena yesterday asked: "How long we still so relax we?". On the morning of study from 8:15 in the evening until 16:00. On Wednesday, the shortest day until 11:30.

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That children are not afraid to express their thoughts in writing (at the meeting said that it is catastrophically disappearing skill today), the school has a post "teacher - pupil". Each child your mail box, you put a little note to the teacher is required to respond to you personally. He enjoyed incredible success - in the morning all the running to pick up their "letters".

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Vocabulary dictation wrote under the picture. That is a picture indicating a word, you need to write correctly the word itself. And not at the dictation, trees. I believe that this is a series of "all genius is simple." The child learns how to spell a word by visually comparing it with the picture. This work is unrealistic.

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When doing some report, always include music. I do not really understand yet how it works, but to "make a report" always foremost due to the fact that children themselves choose the music for it. The report, by the way, welcome costumes and props. Such mini-performance.

No Power Point presentations there. It is believed that the child is in elementary school can not make the presentation yourself.

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How to solve math examples do not explain. That is a child on the basis of its existing knowledge already, must come up with, it is easier to solve, for example, 48 + 53, to go out and explain. There is no right way, everything is decided by the way it suits them. His way.

Because of this, for example, when it became clear that the class already knows the shot, and Olesya not yet know all the kids rushed to explain it in different ways, using apples, cubes and clay. A teacher absent, and two days later just asked her if everything is clear. Olesya says: "I have never, no topic was not so clear."

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Much to touch. All around the world - it's all about the "touch and try."

Then tasted wheat, rye and oats. Then he went to the mill to grind it all. Now they promise that the baker ispechot of their flour buns and will drag it all to school.

Geography learn the local region is literally as follows: "Here we have such a river, come to watch. You see, there is such a soil, and here such and such. Here on the mountain, look, this vegetation, and here on the mountain - go tomorrow - other vegetation. "

On the subject of that about "do hands» (attivita creativa), - hours as much on physical education. And that the two leaders on the number of hours per week.

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It is believed that the error - the path to success. Alyona in the class (class 3) did even a fairy errors (very pretty cute doll). Sami hands. Fairy this voice, of course, the teacher explains to them what is good and wrong can be, there is nothing to worry at all, because you a) think creatively; b) is not afraid to try.

Olesya (Grade 5) the teacher says every day is a new example of science when an error led to the discovery.

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A doctor's note is needed, unless you pass more than two weeks! However, this is the only case where it is necessary to do all the tasks at home. Well, all right too. So be it.

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School starting. Municipal, absolutely free. In my view Moscow, the pace is quite slow, but nonetheless generally match program and Olesya class even went a little forward in comparison with the Russian. I do not know how they do it with the "Stay" approach. But we'll see.