Life Skills

Life Skills are an important part of life.

One of the benefits of teaching practical life skills is not just getting kids to help with chores, but kids start to better understand the amount of work parents have to do. They appreciate the value of what goes into taking care of a home, learn responsibility and become all around more thoughtful kids. Life Skills help build independence, be problem solvers, work well with others, develop stronger communication skills, and much more.

Can your child....

  • Empty the dishwasher and put dishes away
  • Do the dishes
  • Make their bed
  • Make a snack
  • Clean the windows
  • Ride a bike
  • Tidy their room
  • Help cook dinner
  • Tie their shoelace
  • Clean their teeth
  • Cooking/Baking (adult supervision depending on age)
  • Setting and clearing the table
  • Get dressed by them self
  • Pack their school bag
  • Use their manners
  • Work as a team/with others
  • Use a vacuum
  • Use a broom to sweep
  • Put rubbish in the correct bins
  • Fold some washing/laundry

Activity Idea: Talk with your child about Life Skills and chose something they can work on. Maybe this could be a goal for them. :)


Recipes

ANZAC Biscuits Recipe.pdf
Treaty Treats Kiwi Shortbread Biscuits Recipe.pdf
Treaty Treats Chocolate Dipped Kiwifruit Pops Recipe Te Reo Maori English.pdf
Treaty Treats Kiwi Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe Te Reo Maori.pdf

Lolly Cake 

Ingriedents
120g Butter
½ tin of sweetened condensed milk
1 packet of Eskimo lollies or Fruit Puffs
1 packet of Griffin's Malt biscuits - crushed
Desiccated coconut 
Method
1. Warm butter and condensed milk in microwave.
2. Cut up Eskimo lollies into bite sized chunks.
3. Mix butter, condensed milk, crushed Malt biscuits and lollies together.
4. Form into a log shape. Roll in coconut.
5. Chill in fridge for 4 hours.
6. When set, cut into slices and serve.
Enjoy.

Do you have a favourite recipe? Something you like to cook or bake. If you do share it with your class teacher either on Seesaw or Email and they can add it to the page for everyone to try. :)