Home economics lessons life skills

My students all arrive at different times in the morning, which makes it very difficult to teach a class before their breakfast is served. For the past 2 year I have been having the students write a morning message, since it can be done in their own time as they arrive. It contains the date, the weather, what we plan to do that day and than a note on what we will be doing tomorrow. I am not sure how much my students are really gaining from this, so I have decided to put together morning…

Well the school year is over and we have slid right into ESY! Here is the schedule I have set up for my kids. The boxes in yellow indicate times that two of my colleagues and I will be having all (28) kids together for activities. We have so much fun stuff going on I can hardly stand it! Today we did a fun cut and paste food activity, worked on how to send letters through the mail (we mailed the worksheets home for fun) and did a News2You activity with the other classes! I Hope everyone else…

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Preparing our teens to cook for themselves will both save them money and allow them to eat healthier. Cooking Basics for Teens will help you, help them.

You might say homeschoolers don't need to officially teach home economics. We are living it! Well, maybe some of us are. I have come to the alarming realization that because I am a total control freak, I have failed to teach my kids how to do much of anything around the house. Honestly, I would…

Teaching Life Skills is an important part of helping our children grow up and be independent adults. These can often be done in the form of chores.

Teaching Home Ec and Life Skills to your children is vital for them and for your family. Join me as I share 10 reasons why I think these are so important.

Freedom Homeschooling lists free homeschool life skills electives for all grades. Home economics, personal finance, auto repair, and more!