Under the background of Education for International Understanding, which is initiated by UNESCO, Can-Share Connection Inc.Canada (short for CSC Canada) Initiates Kids to Kids International Exchange Project (short for Kids to Kids). Culture and education exchange among global children is the core of Kids to Kids. Communion via Internet and communion by face to face is the means of Kids to Kids. CSC Canada organizes children from different countries and regions to attend communion activity and contest under the direction of experts, teachers and their parents. Kids to Kids offers the opportunities for children to communicate, and get in touch with each other, show their national culture,
their visual field, promote understanding each other, develop skill of cooperating, promote peace and development.
Styles and contents
Share Online
Share Online is a kind of exchange activity, in which kids from different countries and regions show their works on the website www.k2k2k.org and exchange each other.
Styles
• Painting：crayon, watercolor, print, canvas, caricature, computer painting (including drawing by Lopart software) etc.
• Crafts: paper cut, mud mold, pottery, knitting, embroider, sew, intertexture, batik, crafts by recycle goods etc.
• Calligraphy：brush calligraphy, pen calligraphy
• Photography: community life, science and entertainment and sports, scenery, portrait, animal and flower,
technique, ad, others.
• Video: family life, music life, community life, school life, others.
• Filmed by children, or their parents focus on their study and growth.
• Composition in English: story, fairy tale, poem etc.
Theme
CSC Canada will define several annual communion and contest themes appointed by experts and teachers from different countries. Everything about growth and progress, sensibility and thinking of kids could be exchanged, but not include contents unsuitable for children such as terrorism, violence and pornography etc. Children can choose one or more themes of communion and contest.
Kids to Kids International Exchange Project would like to connect different countries’ activities and enlarge the exchange range more and more.
Stage
Exchange via internet has 4 unremitting stages of Blue Time, Green Time, Red Time and Golden Time. They stand for the process of growing and making progress for Time Members in Kids to Kids.
• Blue Time
is the first stage and seedtime of exchange, it stands for the ocean that is the origin of life. Time Members may show their works such as fine art, photography, video and composition on the website www.k2k2k.org in their gallery. Expert Members will comment and vote works according to kids’ need, and visitors may vote all the works.
• Green Time is the second and up growth stage of exchange，it stands for bud and life growth. In Green Time, You will know the background of different education model: the local culture, outstanding education organizations and elitists.
• Red Time is the third and mature stage, it stands for flower and mature life. Time Members may ask questions or apply dialogue with experts, may follow experts to creative, etc.
• Golden Time is the fourth stage and crown time, it stands for achievements. Time Members may participate in various international activities of contest or exchange.
Honor and Encouragement
Each activity has different honor and encouragement; please pay attention to the notice of every activity.
What kids will profit from Kids to Kids is as following:
·To get the opportunity to exchange with oversea teachers and kids, and show yourself and foster self-confidence.
·To get the guidance from the experts for your works.
·To share the excellent resource of education and culture in the world, draw inspiration and open view
·To participate Hands to Hands to make friends with oversea kids.
·Works are exhibited abroad, published in magazines, collected by museums…
·To be presented Kids Cards and Works Collection CD etc.
·To participate face-to-face exchange abroad.
·To set up scholarship named by you to help other kids who need help and love.
Face to Face
Face to Face is another kind of exchange based on the exchange via internet. Kids, experts, teachers and parents from different countries and region visit and exchange each other.
The main styles are as follows
:
• Teachers, education experts, and education officials may take part in lectures, demonstrate class and workshop
to discuss the problem of education and share the global resource.
• Kids may Join a class together with friends from home and abroad, and experience the international exchange activities.
• Kids may live in the home of your foreign friends, and experience a different life.
• Kids may attend the class taught by experts, and experience the different culture.
• Tour is a dynamic study to enjoy the view of different countries.
