Life skills activities for special education and transition

Functional skills stick when students practice on documents they will meet in the community: a restaurant menu, a grocery flyer, a bus timetable, a calendar, a care label, a work order. Most of these resources are levelled, so one lesson can reach students working at different levels, and many include data sheets for IEP goals.

Use them for life skills and transition programs, resource rooms, FACS and community-based instruction. Vocational task boxes and errand challenges give students the repeated, hands-on practice that independence is built on.

Bundles

Life Skills Bundle for Special Education cover Save 26% Life Skills Bundle for Special Education Grades 6–12, 8 resources Escape Room Bundle cover Save 25% Escape Room Bundle Grades 6–12, 5 resources Life Skills Bundle 2 cover Save 26% Life Skills Bundle 2 Grades 6–12, 7 resources

30 resources

Reading a Menu Life Skills Worksheets cover Reading a Menu Life Skills Worksheets Grades 6–12 Grocery Shopping Life Skills cover Grocery Shopping Life Skills Grades 6–12 Reading Schedules Life Skills cover Reading Schedules Life Skills Grades 6–12 Job Skills for Special Education cover Job Skills for Special Education Grades 8–12 Community & Safety Signs cover Community & Safety Signs Grades 6–12 Personal Hygiene for Teens cover Personal Hygiene for Teens Grades 6–12 Counting Money & Making Change Worksheets cover Counting Money & Making Change Worksheets Grades 6–12 Calendar Skills & Making Appointments cover Calendar Skills & Making Appointments Grades 6–12 Reading a Menu Life Skills Worksheets cover Free Reading a Menu Life Skills Worksheets Grades 6–12 Kitchen Safety & Food Safety Activities cover Kitchen Safety & Food Safety Activities Grades 6–12 Kitchen Equipment & Measuring Activities cover Kitchen Equipment & Measuring Activities Grades 6–12 Halloween Escape Room cover Halloween Escape Room Grades 6–12 Fire Safety Activities for Middle & High School cover Fire Safety Activities for Middle & High School Grades 6–12 Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Education cover Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Education Grades 6–12 Thanksgiving Escape Room cover Thanksgiving Escape Room Grades 6–12 Nutrition Activities for Teens cover Nutrition Activities for Teens Grades 6–12 Personal Information Practice cover Personal Information Practice Grades 6–12 Laundry Life Skills cover Laundry Life Skills Grades 6–12 Veterans Day Activities for Middle & High School cover Veterans Day Activities for Middle & High School Grades 6–12 Winter Holiday Escape Room cover Winter Holiday Escape Room Grades 6–12 Holidays Around the World cover Holidays Around the World Grades 6–12 Functional Reading Detectives cover Functional Reading Detectives Grades 6–12 + transition Community Errands Challenge cover Community Errands Challenge Grades 6–12 + transition Vocational Task Boxes cover Vocational Task Boxes Grades 6–12 + transition Everyday Word Missions for Teens cover Everyday Word Missions for Teens Grades 6–12 + transition Room Reset Planning for Teens cover Room Reset Planning for Teens Grades 6–12 + transition Run a Classroom Cafe cover Run a Classroom Cafe Grades 6–12 + transition Phone Calls & Voicemail Life Skills cover Phone Calls & Voicemail Life Skills Grades 6–12 + transition Clothing Shopping Life Skills cover Clothing Shopping Life Skills Grades 6–12 + transition Life Skill of the Week cover Life Skill of the Week Grades 6–12 + transition

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Other topics

Money skillsExecutive functioningSEL and behaviorCareer readinessDigital life and AI literacySpanish 1Escape roomsSeasonal and holidays