As a high school teacher (with a majority of honors students each semester), there were things I took for definitely granted which I didn’t realize until the last few months. Among those thi…
Life Skills: Using the Library - Dewey Decimal System includes posters, books, free printables, online activities and more.
A six step process plus visual to help kids develop positive decision making skills.
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Lesson ideas and activities for listening skills practice and monitoring
These life skills checklists can help you figure out how prepared your child is to be successful in the future.
Parents want to know what study skills are the most important for their children, but a better question is - Am I the best person to teach my children study skills? As an academic coach - I knew that my daughter needed help- but not from me!
Time management skills are needed by kids now more than ever. While students have always been late to class, lost assignments, and forgotten to turn things in, the battle for focused attention seems magnified these days for sure!
We all learn differently. Download this FREE Learning Styles Quiz to find out what are the best activities and methods for your child to retain information and to take the stress out of homeschooli…
Come check out how I organize, decorate, and utilize spaces & activities to be functional on this Adult Transition classroom tour!
As kids start middle school, it's time to be intentional about adding life skills for teens to your homeschool lesson plans. This list has a ton to choose from.
Budgeting for kids will help you start teaching smart money management to your kids now in a manageable and easy way.
In Rock In Prevention's online curriculum, Rock Digi (rockdigi.org), it uses music to teach Social Emotional Learning and life skills for success. Our SEL curriculum is based on the 5 Core Competencies for SEL as defined by CASEL. One of these core competencies is Responsible Decision Making.
How we act in challenging situations heavily relies on our moral code, an important component of responsible decision making.
In challenging situations a true friend works like a therapist. We can be judged by a spouse, boss, colleagues, relatives but friends never judge us.
Looking for a lesson on making good choices for kids? This lesson on ethical decision making helps kids understand how to evaluate choices.
Come take a tour of my vocation & life skills lab where students are able to work on their IEP goals and independent living skills!
Use this creative idea to teach research skills to your middle school students!
Do you have students who seem to be completely lost when it comes to organization, completing assignments, preparing for tests, and so on? OF COURSE YOU DO! We all do! Unless your teaching in some …
Are you frustrated that your child is not motivated to study? Learn study motivation psychology to help your child develop study skills to ace their exams.
How do you teach kids conflict resolution skills? I follow a step by step process to build the most basic skills first to help kids work it out!
Explore manners and social and classroom etiquette with 11 social situation scenarios for teens and do’s and don’ts for teachers and students.
Working virtually is growing at an exponential rate and with that, daily work styles are changing, too. Distractions lead to procrastination or rush completion of projects and tasks. Distractions have a higher likelihood to occur when working virtually and unfortunately, attention detail can suffer which hinders the quality of our work. With a competitive job market, producing excellent work is imperative. In fact, it is career defining. Overlooking details can be extremely costly to clients or
Learning how to teach students to take notes not only benefits students, but makes the job of a teacher so much easier. See how I help my...
How we act in challenging situations heavily relies on our moral code, an important component of responsible decision making.
Teach children about responsibility with free printable responsibility lessons, worksheets, resources.
Etiquette is one of those life skills you're always working on because there are so many topics and situations teens need to figure out how to navigate.
Students can learn to manage their time by conducting a simple time audit. Students learn how they spend their time and how to be more efficient.
Since we're all studying at home for now, some of us are taking the time to learn new things right now, I thought I'd share my favorite note taking tips!
Teaching students to study? Want fast and easy tips to cram study skills instruction into your crowded curriculum? Check out these 9 tips.
Looking for fun budgeting activities PDFs? You'll love this collection of budgeting scenarios for high school students, and money management worksheets for students (PDFs). Teaching students how to budget doesn't have to be a drag,
Balloon Trolley Do you have a group learning to work together or who needs to consider how individual roles affect the whole team? Balloon Trolley is perfect for just that. Participants are given a task to work through as a team that will promote active participation, working together and problem solving. Though the end goal [...]
These power of observation activities examples help kids pay attention to detail. They foster mindfulness and make them more inquisitive.
Want to help your child learn? Check out these amazing learning style activities to discover and improve your child's learning capacity, skills and memory.
Teenagers need to be taught several life skills, and conflict resolution skill is one of them. Read on to know what it means and how it may benefit your teen.
Teach descriptive writing skills with these five writing activities that will allow them to practice "showing not telling."
"When will we use this in real life?" Every. Single. Day.
What's the best way to take notes in college? Here we'll cover 6 systems, including the outline, Cornell, and flow methods.
Has your child been loath to study and learn? Do you find it hard to get them going? These tips on how to motivate a child to study will help
Help your students learn the valuable life skills they need before entering into adulthood with these all-new life skills for kids writing prompts.
Inside: Directions for a small group lesson on using paper airplanes to practice following directions. This activity is part of the Social Skills for Kids Book.
Finally, a guide for upper elementary teachers that will show you how to teach research reports in a step-by-step format! If you are struggling with teaching the research report process, you are not alone. Seriously, we’ve
