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Life Skills Teacher Resources
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Young scholars play a game. In this life skills lesson, students work in groups to play a bingo game where they match a life skill with its correct definition. Young scholars check their answers against a power point presentation.
In this life skills worksheet, students learn how to understand and express their emotions. They then answer the 10 questions in the packet.
Sometimes the most important things teachers can teach their students are life skills.
Investigate the importance of using and managing credit effectively. Middle schoolers will use mathematics/life skills to explore the cost of using credit and examine advantages and abuses of credit. Students also examine general types of insurance.
Tired of wasting time trying to get your class to split up into groups? Engage in an activity to help your charges manage time. Learners reflect on a time they were left out or rejected, and then practice forming groups of three within 10 seconds. They are taught what to do if they need an additional group member or if they have too many. Practice now, and save time later!
For this advertising worksheet, students learn about food advertisements, including jingles, images, products, animation and more. They then complete the 3 activities in which they create their own product, spokes-character and jingle.
Examine the attributes of wise consumers by looking at the price of goods. Young consumers will look at items they would like to purchase, and determine how to long it would take to earn the money to make those purchases. Next, they complete a worksheet that describes how inflation works by looking at current price compared to what they might be the next year. Perfect life skill activity.
You're in high school and you just got the coolest care ever! But, now you need to start thinking about care insurance. Luckily, your teacher prepared you by engaging you in a life skills lesson like this one. The class actually calls around to research the prices for both new and used car insurance. They make price comparisons to determine which insurance carrier is best for them.
Three pages of photography activities will help your 4-H members work on the advanced life skill of "Communicating." Activities include a checklist of projects, a timeline of the history of the camera, a graphic organizer for reflection, a crossword puzzle, and several additional service ideas.
Part of growing up is knowing which habits are good and which habits need to be changed. Upper graders participate in three activities and a class discussion in order to better understand good character traits and habits. They discuss the importance of honesty, responsibility, and trust as well as ways to eliminate bad habits.