Pestalozzi - a children's village in Switzerland - Pestaloci decije selo u Svajcarskoj

I think it is very important that we teach young people respect for human rights, tolerance and interculturality. This has been done for years by the Children's Village Pestaloci, which is located near the Swiss town of Trogen. I had the opportunity to spend two weeks there with my students in the winter of 1915. In addition to us, students from five other Serbian cities accompanied by their professors went to Pestalozzi at that time.

Mislim da je veoma bitno da mlade ljude ucimo postovanju ljudskih prava, toleranciji i inerkulturalnosti. To se vec godinana radi Decijem selu Pestaloci koje je smesteno u blizini svajcarskog grada Trogen. Imala sam prilike da sa svojim ucenicima tamo provedem dve nedelje u zimu 1915. god.Pored nas, u Pestaloci su tada isli i icenici iz jos pet srpskih gradova u pratniji svojih profesora.

Although everything seems like a vacation, we were very busy there all the time. The first novelty for us was that we spent two weeks without internet and television. Unexpected for me, but the students got used to it very much and really enjoyed it. At the time we were there, there was a group from Ukraine. Every working day, together with them, we had various workshops in which, through interaction and "play", we learned about extremely serious things such as tolerance, interculturalism, respect for human rights ...

Premda sve deluje kao odmor, mi smo sve vreme tamo bili veoma zauzeti. Prva novina za nas je bila to sto smo dve nedelje proveli bez interneta i televizije. Neocekivano za mene, ali su se ucenici veoma bezo navikli i bas uzivali.U vreme kad smo mi bili tamo bila je i grupa iz Ukrajine. Svakog radnog dana smo zajedno sa njima imali razne radionice na kojima sekroz interakciju i " igru" ucilo o izuzetno ozbiljnim stvarima kao sto su tolerancija, interkulturalnost, postovanje ljudskih prava ...

We spent the weekends touring various places in Switzerland. We visited Zurich, Geneva, Tehnorama (Museum of Technology), Rhine Falls, chocolate and cheese factories, climbed to the top of the Alps from where you can see the three countries ... For all of us it was an unforgettable memory. I really don't know what I would do with all this, especially from the double. all the cities we have visited are beautiful, as are the Rhine Falls. At the top of the Alps we had the impression that we were at the top of the world. The Tehnorama Museum delighted me because it was the first time I saw that all the exhibits could be touched and that very young children could learn through play there. There is also a permanent exhibition of Nikola Tesla's inventions, and lectures on the topic of his work and inventions are held several times during the day. Of course, visitors can try some things here as well.

Vikende smo provodili obilazeci razna mesta u Svajcarskoj. Posetili smo Cirih, Zenevu,Tehnoramu ( muzej tehnike), Rajnine vodopade, fabrike cokolade i sira, popeli se na vrh Alpa odakle se vide tri drzave... Za sve nas sve je to predstavljalo nezaboravnu uspomenu. Stvarno ne znam sta bih od svega ovoga posebno iz dvojila. svi gradovi koje smo poseili su prelepi, kao i Rajnini vodopadi. Na vrhu Alpa smo imali utisak kao da smo na vrhu sveta. Muzej Tehnorama me je odusevio jer sam prvi put videla da svi eksponati mogu da se dodirnu i da tamo vrlomala deca uce kroz igru. Postoji i stalna postavka pronalazaka Nikole Tesle, a vise puta u toku dana se odrzavaju predavanja na temu njegovog rada i pronalazaka. Naravno, i tu posetioci mogu da isprobaju neke stvari.

We spent the last day in Pestalozzi by having the task of writing to each other what we think and feel towards them. Although the papers we were writing on were glued to our backs so that no one could see what someone else was writing to him, all the messages were wonderful and extremely affirmative. You can see how everyone felt best in the photo. We also had the task of writing a letter to ourselves about what we learned there and how we felt. The letters were sent to us after a month and it was really a special experience for everyone to read it when the letters arrived. We were all given the task of passing on what we learned there to other students from our cities, which we did successfully. This has further expanded education on these important topics.

Poslednj dan u Pestalociju proveli smo tako sto smo imali zadatak da jedni drugima napisemo sta mislimo i osecamo prema njima. Iako su nam papiri na kojima smo pisali bili zalepljeni na ledjima tako da niko nije mogao da vidi sta mu neko drugi pise sve poruke su bile divne i krajnje afirmatine. Kako su se svi osecali najbolje mozete videti na fotografiji. Imali smo i zadatak da sami sebi napisemo pismo o tome sta smo tamo naucili i kako se osecamo. Pisma su nam poslali posle mesec dana i stvarno je svima bio poseban dozivljaj da to procitaju kada su pisma stigla. Svi mi smo dobili zadatak da to sto smo tamo naucili prenesemo dalje i ostalim ucenicima iz nasih gradova, sto smo uspesno uradili. Time se jos vise prosirila edukacija o ovim bitnim temama.

For the very end, I want to share with you some more photos from this wonderful educational stay in Switzerland.

Za sam kraj, zelim da podelim sa vama jos neke fotografije sa ovog divog edukativnog boravka u Svajcarskoj.