Life Skills

*all pictures are hyperlinked to the source

Phone Numbers

https://teachingmama.org/

Let your kiddo make their own Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

or...Lunch Meat and Cheese!

Give Some Age Appropriate Household Chores

or...let them choose!

• Put clean clothes away neatly
• Leave bathroom clean after use
• Clean toilet
• Feed and water pets
• Get mail (if in a safe place) and put it in the proper place
• Receive a small allowance (if used)
• Money Management:  saving, spending and charitable giving
• Know how to make emergency phone calls (911)
• Dust low shelves and objects (consider using a Swiffer)
• Empty bathroom trash
• Organize bathroom drawers
• Learn to roller skate
• Learn to jump rope
• Learn to ride a bike
• Begin learning how to tie shoes

• Organize own drawers and closet
• Empty dishwasher and put dishes away
• Wash and dry dishes by hand
• Straighten living and family rooms
• Help put groceries away
• Make juice from a can or mix
• Make a sandwich and toast
• Pour milk into cereal
• Pour milk or juice into a cup
• Wash out plastic trash cans
• Clean mirrors
• Bathe alone
• Clean windows
• Empty kitchen trash

• Use a vacuum cleaner
• Clean pet cages and food bowls
• Use a broom and dustpan
• Sweep porches, decks, driveways and walkways
• Take a written phone message
• Learn basic food groups and good nutrition habits
• Cook canned soup
• Read and prepare a simple recipe
• Be familiar with cooking, measuring tools and their uses
• Arrange refrigerator or bulletin board “pictures”
• Weed flower beds and vegetable garden
• Strip bed sheets
• Carry dirty clothes hamper to laundry room
• Sort clothes for washing by color and fabric and check pockets
• Straighten book and toy shelves

many of these recommendations are from: https://www.busykidshappymom.org/life-skills/3/