Life Skills Education Toolkit

40 • PART TWO: FACILITATOR’S GUIDE

Learning/Training Place Living Place

STEP ONE: Recognize and

understand the problem

STEP THREE: Discuss and plan

STEP FIVE: Evaluate

Linking Learning with Life

The Six Steps zigzag from the learning place to real life situations, providing feedback and

strengthening new behavior at every step. The Life Skills Education Toolkit includes Linking Learning to

Life activities in all of its modules.

STEP TWO: Find out more

STEP FOUR: Take action

STEP SIX: Do it better

LINKING LEARNING TO LIFE

Linking Learning to Life is a central concept of the

Child-to-Child methodology. Children can learn

in any “learning” place, such as a children’s

forum, non-formal center, shelter, drop-in center,

and classroom or under a tree! Wherever they

learn, the Child-to-Child (C to C) approach

ensures that learning is always taken out of the

learning place to real life situations where children

can try out what they have learned. Since

developing new behaviors or skills is never easy,

the C to C approach provides many

opportunities for children to practice new skills

and learn from them. As a result, children and

communities are able to work in partnership to

promote safe behavior that can contribute to the

well being of everyone who touches their lives.