Life skills and special education
Laundry Life Skills
Sorting Laundry, Care Labels & Washer Steps · Special Ed
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 30
- Answer keys
- Included
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Teach laundry step by step with a life skills unit teens actually respect. Students sort laundry, read real US care label symbols, use a washer and dryer, hand-wash and air dry, fold a T-shirt, towel and pants, treat stains and do laundromat math with quarters. Leveled pages (Level 1, 2 and 3), sorting and sequencing cards and two task-analysis data sheets make it ready for special education, transition and FCS classes.
What's included
- Teacher guide with 10-session pacing, materials and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- Teaching notes: a show, try, step back, check routine, a sample IEP goal, and safety notes on detergent packets, dryers and bleach based on CPSC, U.S. Fire Administration and NFPA guidance
- Standards page (FCS, Common Core math and technical literacy, IDEA transition) and table of contents
- Laundry Words: 16 key words with pictures + word-bank practice
- How to Sort Laundry: lights, darks, delicates, towels & heavy items, plus a before-you-sort checklist
- Sort It! (12 items at Level 1 + 4 written questions)
- 24 sorting picture cards (4 basket cards + 20 clothing cards)
- Care Symbols 101: the 5 basic US care symbols plus the dots, bars and X marks that change their meaning
- Care Symbol Decoder: 33 symbols in our own clear drawings, with meanings checked against the FTC Care Labeling Rule and the ASTM D5489 care symbol chart
- Read the Label: 6 care tags + 11 questions
- Visual step-by-step guides: using a washer (8 steps), using a dryer (6 steps) with air drying, and hand-washing clothes (6 steps)
- Washer Settings & Detergent: cycles, water temperatures, how much detergent and HE washers
- Folding: T-shirt, towel and pants, step by step
- Choose the Settings: 8 care labels to turn into washer and dryer settings
- Detergent Math: loads per bottle, cost per load and the best buy
- Laundromat Math: quarters, dryer time, total cost and a laundromat trip plan
- Stain Basics in plain language + stain-type practice
- What Went Wrong? 6 real laundry problems to solve
- 12 sequencing cards (wash & dry, fold a towel)
- My Weekly Laundry Schedule with cycle-time math
- 2 task-analysis data sheets for IEP goals (wash a load; dry, fold & put away)
- Laundry Quiz (15 questions) and 6 exit tickets
- Complete answer keys
How to use it
Teach it as a 10-session unit in life skills, special education, transition or FCS, or pull single pages for stations and independent-living practice. The visual guides work at a real washer and dryer or on their own. Level 1 tasks use pictures and basket numbers; Level 3 tasks ask students to explain their choices and solve multi-step money and time problems. Low prep: print, then cut the sorting and sequencing cards.
Skills practiced
Sorting laundryreading care labels and symbolswasher and dryer stepschoosing cycles and water temperaturemeasuring detergenthand-washingair dryingfoldingstain basicslaundromat money mathplanning a laundry routine
