Life Skills for Kids
Raising Kids That Know How To Do More Than Snapchat
Like skills. Why do so many children become adults without basic knowledge? So many schools no longer teach Home Ec, and many children are not learning the skills at home. Children learn these things by watching their parents ( or trusted adult) do them, and doing it along side them. While diagramming sentences, doing a huge algebra equation, or dissecting a frog MAY come in handy in life, I guarantee you like skills are more important! Here is the list I created for our family...when my children become adults, I want them to know how to do these things . The wonderful thing is, that they will learn these things by spending time with a parent , just doing life, It doesn't have to be a special lesson, just include them and have conversations about what you are doing. instead of turning on the TV while you make dinner, have them in the kitchen with you working. Let's raise a generation of children who know how to do more than snapchat.
And as an extra bonus...here's a link to my free 100 life skills pdf!
1. Make a phone call
2, Plan a meal on a budget
3, Create a weekly/ monthly meal plan
4. Create a monthly budget to live below means
5. Sew a button
6. Balance a checkbook
7. Mail a letter at package at the post office
8. Get gas in car/ get oil changed/ basic knowledge of car maintenance
9. How to use a crock pot
10. How to bake cakes/cookies/pies
11. How to do their own laundry
12. How to care for themselves naturally using supplements/ essential oils
13. How to file taxes
14. How to write a birthday card or thank you note
15, How to create a resume
16. How to dust, and clean bathrooms, floors, kitchen
17. How to open a bank account
18. How to treat a wound and some basic first aid
19, How to hang a picture/ use hammer and nail
20. How to wrap a gift
21. How to cook basic meals
22. How to use the library
23. How to register to vote, how to vote
24. How to book a flight
25. How to pack a suitcase effectively
26. How to contact police/ambulance/fire
27. Some basic self defense
28. How to plant a seed
29. How to change light bulbs/furnace filters/batteries
30. How to make a bed neatly
