I’m so excited to share my labor of love..My life skills adapted book for special education. I have also been a huge supporter of having a life skills focus in the classroom. If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know all about how much I promote the importance of life skills.
You can find out more about how I set a portion of time aside on a Thursday for life skills in this blog post here.
Today in this blog post I’m going to be sharing about this life skills adapted book that I created.. And honestly, I am SO proud of it. My students LOVE this adapted book, and I’ve seen so much progress with them since we starting using it. I’m also giving you the link to download this adapted book to use with your students too.
Why I Created the Life Skills Adapted Book
I created this life skills adapted book because it was really hard to try to work on certain life skills in the classroom. Some life skills were easier to teach than others. But I still wanted a way to be able to teach all those other life skills too. So, I created this life skills adapted book.
It gives my students a chance to work on those skills in a hands-on way that we can then transfer to real life skills. This adapted book gives my student the chance to work on things like following a shopping list, purchasing items etc. Which we then reinforce those skills when we take a trip to the grocery store. But this is perfect for in-between practice.
Download a copy of this life skills adapted book here.
What is in the Life Skills Adapted Book?
The life skills adapted book has the following included;
The activities included in this life skills adapted binder are;
- Writing/Spelling name
- Doing the laundry
Putting dirty washing and detergent into the washing machine, transferring clothes from washing machine onto the washing line, then off the washing line and into the basket
- Matching socks
- Putting items away – kitchen v garden/yard
- Grocery shopping – 2 different levels
Finding items on your shopping list, taking them off the shelves and into your trolley. Then paying for them at the end by choosing the correct coins from your purse.
- Recycling – recycle cardboard into the green bin and food into the white bin
- Building a face – boy and girl option
- Label the body
- Brush teeth
Put pen on the teeth then rub off with toothbrush
- Wash face
For this one, put pen all over the face, then have students wipe off with baby wipes/wet cloth
- Wash hands
Put pen on hands, then wipe off with baby wipes/wet cloth
- Dressing kids for weather – cold/hot option boy/girl option
- Set the table
Students need to put the fork, knife, spoon and plate into correct places on the table
- Emergency Situations
Match the emergency services to the situation.
- Emergency Situations
Is the scenario an emergency? Sort it into the correct emergency or not an emergency.
- Putting Away Groceries
Put the groceries away into the correct place – refrigerator or cupboard.
- Laundry Sorting
Sort the laundry into the correct basket – whites or darks.
- Making Food
Look at what the customer has ordered and then make up their meal on a plate.
Download a copy of this life skills adapted book here.
Versions Included
The following versions are included in your download;
- American
- American (Spanish)
- United Kingdom
- Europe (English) – Euros
- Europe (Spanish) – Euros
- Canadian
- Australian
- New Zealand
- Mexican (Spanish)
Video Walkthrough
Here is a video walkthrough so you can see this life skills adapted book in action.
Where to Download
You can download a copy of this life skills adapted book to use with your students here.
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- All My Favorite Life Skills Activities
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Nikki
