Parents & Teachers

Like skills
A set of interconnected psychological and interpersonal skills. These skills are a set of abilities for positive and adaptive behavior that enables our children to deal effectively with the challenges and demands of life.

How Can Schools Help?
Integrate life skills education into the curriculum by providing classes that teach life skills.

How Can Parents Help?
Parents can provide motivation to their kids to learn life skills simply, by role modeling, and by providing an encouraging and supportive environment.

15 Types of life skills for young children

Learning to Swim A life-saving skill. Helps to ensure a child will not drown.

Learn to Garden
Allows a child to become more responsible in caring for plants, understand the natural world, and understand the elements.

Learn Emergency Numbers Ensures a child is equipped with the knowledge of who to contact in differing emergencies.

Decision-Making
Helps a child to weigh pros and cons.

Time Management
Helps a child to differentiate between important and urgent tasks.

Basic First Aid
It is important to empower a child to care for themselves in case of emergency.

Cultivating Independence
Allows a child to understand a few things on their own.

Self-Defense
Helps children to identify dangerous situations.

Critical Thinking Allow a child to solve their own problems, make inferences, and look at things from different angles.

Budgeting and Managing Money Teaches a child to spend responsibly and save for the future.

Cooking Meals Allow child to help you in the kitchen and help them to understand food habits.

Good Health and Hygiene Personal hygiene is best to start at a very young age. An important time to teach good food habits.

Doing Laundry
Instills a responsible habit in a child.

Cleaning and Doing Chores Promotes independence and teaches responsibility.

Looking After Pets Builds empathy and teaches care and responsibility.

Importance of Checklists
Keep kids on task. A list of actionable items helps kids to know where they are in a task or project. Checklists can also help communicate details or goals of an assignment. Please enjoy the downloadable checklists for your child or student.