Life Skills Worksheets
As the title puts it, these are skills that are essential to having a healthy and productive life. While it is clear that based on your perspective things that are seen essential in life is a bit debatable. If you leave in a very urban area, having a vehicle is not all that important since you can hop on a bus or subway anytime. But it if you leave in the middle of the woods, miles from your neighbors, having a car becomes very necessary to live. One of the fundamental life skills is communication. Having the ability to send and receive information is critical towards leading a productive and fulfilling life. The next critical aspect of life is learning how to solve problems and make decisions. Once we are safe within ourselves, we must look to bolster our ability to think decisively and creatively. This is something that many students and people in general struggle with. Looking inside ourselves to working on things that are internal is something we can begin to do when we are fully mature, but you can start working with students on their own self awareness and empathy for others. In this section of our website, we will work on working with students awareness and ability with essential processes to their lives.
Life Skills Worksheets To Print:
Reading a Shopping List - Study the shopping list on the left. Then, on the right side of the page, put a check
mark next to the items that are on the list.
Restaurant Behavior - When you go out to eat at a restaurant, it is important to behave appropriately.
Carry Your Money Safely - Look at each picture. Is it a safe way to carry your money? Circle "safe" or "not
safe." Then explain your answer
Making Appointments -
Many businesses and service providers require you to make an appointment
before coming to see them. Making an appointment means contacting the
business and scheduling a time for you to show up when they will be expecting
you. What are some places that typically require you to make an appointment
before arriving?
Navigating the Grocery Store - Most grocery stores have signs hanging from the ceiling that tell you where
certain items are located in the store. Aisles in grocery stores are numbered. The
numbers next to the items on the sign tell you which aisle to go to in order to find
that item.
Calling 911
- When you need help in an emergency, you can call 911
on your phone. When you call 911, A fire truck, ambulance, and also
police will come to your house to help you.
Understanding Signs
- These are all signs that you might see at a park, trail, or other
recreational area. Write the meaning of each sign.
Starting a Project
- List the steps you will take to complete your project. If needed,
continue your list on the back of this page.
Daily Chores
- Write down the household chores that you usually do or that you
could do or would like to do. Put a check mark under each day that
you that chore this week.
Using a Calendar - Fill in the dates for this month with the help of an adult. On the calendar, make a note on the
appropriate days of things that you know you need to do this month.
Practice Gratitude
- Gratitude means being thankful for and appreciative of the people, things, and
circumstances of your life. Taking the time to focus on the positive things in your
life and feel thankful for them helps you to feel more positive emotions, and
improves your health. It makes you more resilient, and it makes your relationships
stronger. Over the next several days, take the time to write down things that you
are thankful for.
Is It Healthy? - Circle the foods and beverages that are good for you.
Related Topics:
Daily Routines - We look at how students use their entire day and make the most of it.
Self Talk - We look at how we can better shape our inner thoughts to have a better outlook on life.
Life Skills That Help Us Thrive in Society
If we take a look at all the different aspect of our world, we quickly understand that this is one complex world. There are several habits or natural characteristics that successful people have. These are not things that come by reading a book, getting advice from a friend, they simply cannot be learned in a classroom environment completely. These are things that come form having a wide and diverse range of experience. Here are the skills that will help you succeed in the modern world regardless of the field you choose to work in:
Drive
In order to do anything significant in your life you need to be motivated to achieve it. You must be willing to take risks and put yourself out there. Having drive is great, but if you do not plan your way through this, it will be a rocky trip. As you get more experience under your belt, you will inherently learn the process that works best for you. People with extreme drive quickly realize that they must constantly be evaluating their process and use all the feedback that is available to them.
Be Flexible
The world is an ever-changing place, if you do not learn how to adjust to change it will be difficult for you to do well. We start to learn this process as children when we first start sharing and finding commonalities that we can build upon. As we get older and enter the work force it is essential that we learn how to be flexible with other people. You do not have to be their best, but you need to find common ground as much as you can.
Social Skills
Good and clear lines of communication are paramount to be being productive. Technology can complicate things when it comes to being social. Some people prefer one medium to another regardless of if it is productive as others. Learning cooperate and compromise takes time, but it is often very helpful for good decision making. Remember to constantly accept all forms of feedback positive or negative and if you evaluate those honestly, you will see improvements.