Life Skills Classes

• ✔ Personal hygiene
• ✔ Grooming
• ✔ Dressing
• ✔ Laundry
• ✔ Cleaning routines
• ✔ Making the bed
• ✔ Organizing personal space

• ✔ Simple meal preparation
• ✔ Using kitchen tools safely
• ✔ Following recipes
• ✔ Healthy food choices
• ✔ Cleaning up after cooking

• ✔ Identifying bills and coins
• ✔ Budgeting
• ✔ Shopping skills
• ✔ Comparing prices
• ✔ Understanding needs vs. wants

• ✔ Navigating stores
• ✔ Ordering food
• ✔ Using public transportation
• ✔ Following community rules
• ✔ Safety awareness

• ✔ Asking for help
• ✔ Expressing needs
• ✔ Practicing polite conversation
• ✔ Understanding directions

• ✔ Healthy habits
• ✔ Exercise routines
• ✔ Understanding emotions
• ✔ Stress-management strategies

• ✔ Emergency procedures
• ✔ Stranger safety
• ✔ Safe decision-making
• ✔ Recognizing unsafe situations

1. Understanding Traffic Signals

• ✔ Recognizing Walk / Don’t Walk signs
• ✔ Understanding red, yellow, and green lights
• ✔ Knowing when it is safe to cross

2. Safe Street-Crossing Steps

• ✔ Stop at the curb
• ✔ Look left – right – left
• ✔ Wait for cars to fully stop
• ✔ Cross only in crosswalks
• ✔ Walk, don’t run

3. Awareness of Surroundings

• ✔ Watching for turning cars
• ✔ Listening for emergency vehicles
• ✔ Staying alert (no headphones, no phone)
• ✔ Staying close to staff or group

4. Parking Lot Safety

• ✔ Walking between parked cars safely
• ✔ Holding onto the cart or staying next to staff
• ✔ Watching for cars backing out
• ✔ Following marked walkways

5. Bus & Public Transportation Safety

• ✔ Waiting safely at the bus stop
• ✔ Boarding and exiting carefully
• ✔ Staying seated
• ✔ Following driver instructions

6. Stranger & Community Safety

• ✔ Not approaching unknown vehicles
• ✔ Knowing who is safe to ask for help
• ✔ Staying with staff at all times