I also have to teach my first grader his phone#, address, and all just have'nt given it much thought till now. Any suggestions?What else should they need to know skill wise? (not academically)
This one is very important. They need to know how to count REAL money. It means nothing if it is on a worksheet. I was a restaurant manager for years. I cannot believe how many college bound honor roll students couldn't make change.
Quoting mem82:
counting money
Also general organization and independence. It may sound ridiculous but so many intelligent kids can't handle a job because they were never taught these basic skills.
Quoting irvinehiker:This one is very important. They need to know how to count REAL money. It means nothing if it is on a worksheet. I was a restaurant manager for years. I cannot believe how many college bound honor roll students couldn't make change.
Quoting mem82:
counting money
Just everyday things that make a home "run smoothly", and things about life. How to make grocery lists, budgets, how to shop and save at the same time, meal plan. This stuff isn't just for girls....boys should know how to do this as well. They should also learn how to do basic home repairs. We will be teaching our girls how to do some minor car repairs as they get a little older. They will watch Daddy and I do some tire rotations in a few months and then I will take my car in for an alignment (b/c I don't have the equipment to handle that job).
Cleaning can be done from age 2/3 up.
Cooking can be done from age 5/6 up.
Laundry age 9/10.
Those are what I teach my children, adding harder and more things under each category as they grow. If they wish to learn something else, they ask and I help. When things break, they watch to learn how to take care of them.
Exiting public school
- tnt-manda
on Jan. 7, 2013 at 3:05 PM