Lesson Ideas for Life Skills

Happy Sunday everyone!  As we get ready for the rush of the new week here are some ideas for lessons in your classrooms:

Cooking lessons:
Pick a kid family recipe for a healthy snack. Have the kids pick out the correct measuring utensils needed for amounts in the recipe. If you can pre plan, get the items or send a note home to the parents requesting a snack help. Everyone can bring in an item and you can make a snack one day this week.

If your kids are new to cooking activings, Autism Classroom Creations has two unique teaching tools to help younger and older students are various levels of learning.


Cooking with Class is a lesson filled with measurement jigs. It is a great jig for those working with students in special education. The jig can be used for cooking lessons, math lessons, and reading lessons. Once printed out, glue to a file folder, and laminate. Students can use a dry erase marker or a fun bingo marker that can wiped away and the sheet reused as they keep track of how many cups, teaspoons and tablespoons are needed in a recipe. Increased independence of measurement and cooking skills are obtained and data can be easily tracked. Have fun! Can be used with any recipes.
Check it out today!
 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cooking-Measurement-Jig-for-Special-Education-Autism-467028



If you are not ready to cook this week, you can check out the unit on Measurement Math in the Kitchen.  This has been a popular tool.
Guided Math Lesson Measurements in the Kitchen Great for Special Education Students of all levels. Great measurement reinforcement. Fun and user friendly. *Learning Focused Lesson Plan included *Printable worksheets to reinforce matching the correct measuring tool with the recipe. *Recipe template for internet web search. Use different recipes the kids can choose and use the template for adding generalization to the lesson. *Measurement Math Bingo - Bingo cards and Call cards to reinforce the skill in small group and summarize the learning material.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Measurement-Math-In-the-Kitchen-Life-Skills-Unit-Special-Education-649013

See what other teachers are saying:

On  September 15, 2013,  Ann Schmidt (TpT Seller) said:

Great for life skills!

On  August 25, 2013,  mrsoltmann said:

I can't wait to use this in my classroom. Thanks!

Check it out today for yourself and have a great week!  Happy cooking!!!!