Life skills classroom

Welcome to my Life Skills classroom! I am so excited to share with you my classroom tour! When you step foot in my classroom, our bins are on the left. Students know to put their lunchbox, water, and any notes in these bins each morning as part of their morning routine checklist. The first area […]

Freedom Homeschooling lists free homeschool life skills electives for all grades. Home economics, personal finance, auto repair, and more!

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Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

Take a peek inside 9 unique special education classroom setups! Learn how each teacher sets up her classroom!

Task Boxes are important to practice mastered skills, work independently, and gain life skills to be successful in their special education curriculum!

Life skills students can work on at home

In this post, I'm describing the areas and tools that go into a life skills classroom at the secondary level. Check out the examples.

6 Mistakes LIFE Skills Teachers (& Paras) Make… Do you do any of these? STOP! If you stop these 6 mistakes, your students will be the better for it!

Work tasks are a great way for students to practice life skills and vocational skills in the special education classroom. But what if traditional work tasks or task box activities aren’t accessible to all your students? How can you adapt work tasks to meet the needs of all your students, regardless of their level? Here you’ll find my favorite work tasks ideas and activities for special education students along with how they can be adapted to meet the needs of students of all levels.

Do you want to work on life skills in your classroom? Are you looking for hands-on special education life skills activities that your students will love?

Review of functional life skills curriculum for high school, transition, or middle school students in special education.

Ah, I honestly don't want Valentine's Day to ever come (except for the 50 shades of Grey movie, obvs). But in all serious ya'll, the activities are just too.darn.cute!! In our class, we have a structured story time where I will try very hard to keep my friends' attention through a story. Don't get me

In my very first self-contained classroom, I was lucky enough to have an instructional kitchen attached to my classroom. Instead of only utilizing that space on "Fun Fridays" for cooking, we decided to use the space to teach our students some basic functional life skills. Daily Living Skills It can never be too early to

Find engaging classroom job skills ideas with these easy to set up job prep activities for special education and students with disabilities.

If you are a life skills teacher searching for inspiration for your high school transition classroom, this is for you! Here I share how I set up my transition classroom for 9-12th grade and 12+ students including how I set up our morning meeting area, large group activities, and a sensory space. I also share how we facilitate vocational and daily living skills inside our classroom and prepare for community based instruction. Take a look at our secondary special education classroom here.

Over 100 Independent Functioning and Independent Living Life Skills IEP Goals, including ADLs, food prep, shopping, functional reading, and essential life skills.

Transform your special education classroom with essential life skills lessons! From toileting and hygiene to managing classroom jobs, discover effective strategies to build independence in students of all ages. #SpecialEducation #LifeSkills

For some inspiration on which skills to work on in your homeschool, check out this FREE Life Skills Checklist!

Life skills are important for kids to learn to help them develop into self-sufficient and resilient people.