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Life Skills: Goals for Junior High StudentsMy children are educated at home in life skills. ALL of our children are educated at home in life skills to one degree or another. We just happen to home educate in academic subjects, and Life Skills has become a "required course" in our homeschool. Whether you homeschool or not, maybe a Life Skills course for your family will add some interesting activities to your summer days.
In a previous post, I described our Life Skills course for Grades K-6 . These are the life skills we concentrate on in the junior high grades:
Grades 7-8:
Maintain healthy and trimmed nails Arrange for own haircuts Complete all tasks for washing, drying, & storing clothing Iron own clothes Shop for clothing Waterproof and or polish shoes and boots Take written phone messages Open doors for adults Water house plants and gardens Mow lawn safely Fill mower with gas Pump gas for car Start car and warm up in the winter Add windshield fluid to car Read a road map Clean fireplace Recycle all appropriate disposables Polish furniture and clean windows Cook frozen and canned foods Mix and cook pancakes Make tossed salad Make coffee and other hot beverages Assist with grocery shopping Make a savings account or checking account deposit Demonstrate water safety and boat safety practices Demonstrate bike safety practices Fill a bike tire, adjust seat and brake calipers Serve as helpers at Vacation Bible School Serve in the parish community life as requested Entertain and instruct younger children Teach a class topic to small group of preschoolers Bathe a toddler safely Feed and diaper an infant Efficient keyboard skills to produce Word documents Understand weather patterns/ forecasts and plan events accordingly Plans and execute individual daily school assignments Keeps own calendar of commitments and appointments
The overall goal is always to make good habits which contribute to our household management and/or prepare our children for independent living. In this way, all parents can claim to be home educators.
Enjoy your summer days....from Trinity Prep School!
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