Functional life skills activities

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?

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

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

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

Functional money skills are crucial to our life skills students independence. Read about the money skills I teach my life skills students.

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

I love using file folders because they are so easy to store and a great way to practice life skills when you are at a desk. Plus, my students always think they are playing games with file folders too.

In this post, explore methods for teaching functional money math skills to special education students, focusing on real-world applications like budgeting, counting money, and making change. This guide provides hands-on activities and tips to make learning engaging and relevant. Perfect for special education teachers looking to equip students with essential life skills. Save this for later for functional math, special education, and teaching money management.

Life skills students can work on at home