Living on Your Own

Interest Level:
Gr. 6–12
Reading Level:
Gr. Pre K–2
Additional Components:
Student Reader, Survival Guide, Lesson Plans and Software
Living on Your Own teaches a wide range of housekeeping activities and related interpersonal skills. Activities include the basics like setting the table and mopping the floor, outdoor maintenance, and living with roommates. The heavily illustrated Survival Guide features vocabulary, step-by-step activity sequences, comprehension quizzes, and photo essays featuring age appropriate models for the 34 activities listed below. Living On Your Own Reader is an engaging, photo-illustrated novella...
Living on Your Own teaches a wide range of housekeeping activities and related interpersonal skills. Activities include the basics like setting the table and mopping the floor, outdoor maintenance, and living with roommates. The heavily illustrated Survival Guide features vocabulary, step-by-step activity sequences, comprehension quizzes, and photo essays featuring age appropriate models for the 34 activities listed below.

Living On Your Own Reader is an engaging, photo-illustrated novella with characters about to graduate from high school. It deals with basic transition issues such as finding a job, having relationships, and living independently. Each chapter ends with a set of comprehension activities: Vocabulary Quiz, Emotion Word Quiz, and Sequence of Events. Lesson Plans provide topic narratives, student objectives, teacher scripts, plus a PDF CD that includes the Survival Guide, Reader, and Activity Assessment Forms.

LIFE SKILLS LESSONS INCLUDE:
  • Straightening Up
  • Using a Hand Vacuum
  • Taking Out Garbage
  • Emptying Wastebaskets
  • Watering Plants
  • Doing Laundry
  • Sweeping/Dusting
  • Shaking Rugs
  • Indoor Maintenance
  • Dust Mopping
  • Cleaning Windows
  • Caring for Pets
  • Cleaning Smudges
  • Cleaning Bathroom
  • Outdoor Maintenance
  • Mopping the Floor
  • Cleaning Shower/Tub
  • Home Safety Issues
  • Sponge Mopping
  • Cleaning Toilet Area
  • Getting Along with Neighbors
  • Hand Scrubbing
  • Putting Clothes Away
  • Having Roommates
  • Vacuuming Floors
  • Changing the Bed
  • Internet Safety
  • Vacuuming Carpets
  • Doing Dishes
  • Vacuuming Furniture
  • Cleaning After a Meal

PROGRAM COMPONENTS
The Introductory Kit includes a Survival Guide, a Reader, and Lesson Plans with a PDF CD and Classroom License for printouts.

The Classroom Kit includes eight Survival Guides, two Readers, and Lesson Plans with a PDF CD and Classroom License for printouts. The Survival Guide and Reader are also available separately.

This program is ideal for:

  • Special Education / Special Needs
  • Struggling Learners
  • Students-at-Risk
  • Learning Disabled
  • Remedial Education
  • Differentiated Education
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AT1053WB
Living on Your Own Introductory Kit
$175.00
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AT1054WB
Living on Your Own Classroom Kit
$362.00