1. Introduction

In many countries children make up nearly half the country's population. They have their rights and also the responsibilities of citizens. Experience has shown that integrating Child-to-Child activities into primary education, by inviting children into a working partnership is a great way to provide them with an opportunity to explore their own potential and abilities while also developing their sense of responsibility. It does not seek to burden children with adult responsibilities but rather to develop their relationships with other children, as well as their enthusiasm, communication skills, self-confidence and self-esteem. This activity also promotes an approach to learning known as peer tutoring where children work together on a learning task.

2. Objectives

• To encourage students to be attentive to other students
• To stimulate students to express themselves through writing
• To increase student's confidence and sense of responsibility
• To motivate students to learn and feel positive about going to school

3. Target groups

• Grade 4, 5 and 6 students who are interested in working with small children and have enough time and patience to be able to provide support.
• Children that volunteer to help, siblings/relatives of the disabled child and children who live in the same village.
• Children with disabilities in all grades.
• Grade 1 and 2 students who are slow learners.

4. Information on implementation

A one-day meeting on Child-to-Child activities will be conducted with all the teachers in the school. In Child-to-Child activities implementation, one child is the tutor and serves as a teacher and the other child or children who learn are the tutees. The peer tutor helps the student tutee or tutees to learn, practice or review an academic skill that the class teacher has planned. Types of peer tutoring include same-age peer tutoring in which one student in the classroom tutors one or more classmates and cross-age peer tutoring in which the tutor is several years older than the tutee or tutees. There are five Child-to-Child activities which can be introduced in schools:

I. Developing language skills through Child-to-Child activities (cross-age peer tutoring):
The grade 5 and 6 teachers teach a lesson on how to help younger children to read and write (3 hours). Following the lesson the teachers should monitor frequently whether Child-to-Child activities are conducted properly. In their free time, the pairs of grades 5 & 6 students and grades 1 & 2 students will sit together and the grade5/6 students help the younger children to learn how to read and write.

II. Helping children to write pen-pal letters (same-age peer tutoring):
The grade 6 teachers will teach a lesson on writing pen-pal letters (two hours). The pen-pal letters are letters, which are exchanged between school children from different schools. Writing letters is a skill that can be enhanced through practice. This activity is only conducted in grade 6 initially. Child-to-Child activities can be very helpful for writing pen-pal letters as children can help their classmates and write a letter together.

III. Organizing homework clubs (same-age peer tutoring):
The grade 4, 5 and 6 teachers teach a lesson on initiating homework clubs (two hours). Usually the teacher doesn't have enough time to help slow learners or revise the previous lesson. A homework club is an activity, where students meet in their free time and in their own community. One student facilitates a session for their peers to learn, practice or review an academic skill that has been assigned by the teacher as homework. The homework club covers only Khmer language and Math subjects.

IV. Assisting disabled children (same-age peer tutoring or cross-age tutoring):
All teachers teach a lesson on organizing activities to assist disabled children to let them fully participate in learning at school (3 hours).

V. Encouraging students, who are frequently absent, to attend classes in school
(same-age peer tutoring or cross-age tutoring):
All teachers teach a lesson on activities to encourage students, who are frequently absent, to attend classes in school (1 hour). In Child-to-Child activities students with bicycles help to transport their peers to school, students ask their parents if they can help their parents in their free time, students can persuade and give support to their disabled peers to attend classes in school. .Teacher, parents and peers encourage students to attend the homework club .Peers will share the contents of the lesson with students that were absent that day.

5. Resources Needed

• Surveyors
• Small grants to meet children's special needs
• Teacher training - $2.50 per day per person x 2 days
• Workshop materials - $20 per workshop
• School grants - $20 per school