Use hands-on life skills activities to turn abstract ideas into concrete understanding.

Explore important everyday skills as you prepare your kids for life after homeschool!

High School Life Skills Activities

Home Economics: Budgeting

Calculate the costs of living on your own and how to budget for them.
From Angie at Real Life at Home

The Math of
Money Management

All the math you'll need to manage your money well. From Joan at Unschool Rules.

Public Speaking Practice

Practice this valuable life skill with these brilliant and fun activities. From Ryan at Slightly Unconventional.

Food Shopping For
Fictitional Family Profiles

This project asks you to determine the budget and food purchases for varied family profiles.
From the folks at Education World.

Practice Writing a Resume

Step by step directions for creating a professional resume. From the folks at WikiHow.

Improve Focus and
Minimize Distraction

Five mindfulness exercises to help improve focus and minimize distraction for study, research, or taking practice exams. From the folks at Serp Institute

Understanding Net Pay
and Tax Deductions

Take the surprise out of that first paycheck with this net pay lesson. From the folks at
Practical Money Skills.

Banking and Financial
Literacy Course

Awesome banking and financial literacy course for high schoolers. From the folks at Hands On Banking.

Learn to Tie Useful Knots

Learn the useful skill of knot-tying. From the folks at NOAA.

Practice Menu Planning

Try your hand at menu planning, then apply what you learned to hone this life skill! From the folks at
We Are Teachers.

Practice For a Job Interview

Great list of practice questions and tips to ace a job interview. From the folks at Understood.org.

Basic Cooking Skills for Teens

Handy list of cooking skills with detailed instructions
your teen can practice.
From the folks at Starts at Eight

Play the Healthy Behaviors
Dice Game

Roll the dice to discuss current behaviors and how to improve health. From the folks at
The Worksheets

Resume Workbook Project

Use this handy notebook to collect information you'll need for writing your resume. From Yana at
Damn Good Resume Service

Overcoming Obstacles

Lessons that teach effective communication, decision making, college and career prep and more. From the folks at
Overcoming Obstacles.

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Planning Workbook for
After High School

Follow the prompts to help determine your path after high school. From Ellen and Kim 
at the Rural Institute and the University of Montana.

Explore Career Planning

Find out what career best suits you and how to reach your goals. From the folks at Workforce Solutions.

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