Ideas for life skills work boxes?

Question

I am teaching high school life skills this year (moving from elementary life skills) and I need some resources or ideas for more advanced work boxes. These are activities, usually put in a box, that help the students develop job skills for later in life. The classroom I am in has several lower level sorting, matching, and packaging and folding boxes but most of my students have mastered these already. I already have the Tasks Galore books, but I am looking for some additional resources. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

My son is 15 and is DX with Aspergers and mooddisorder i know one of the life skills for him is savings and earning. Ive treied ti teach the three step  save spend and give (charity).Also Puberty if  a major life skills problem hygenine and he is in a mainstreem technical school now but culinery classes has taught him to measure (medicine Math cooking for himself and so on)also lastly  first aid is really a good life skills  course he was taught one year the kids loved it  you could call you local red cross for help with it.

Answer 2

Filing

Using a screwdriver (Phillips or a Flathead) to put screws (large or small) into an object with predrilled holes

Putting paper in number order and then into a three hole punch notebook

Using a hole punch to punch out paper with marks.  (Make one at the begin of the year and copy).  Advance this to putting the paper into a notebook.

Sorting hangers

Hanging clothes on hangers

Sorting clothes by color

Using an iron to iron those thin kitchen towels (forgot the name)

Using a phonebook to find addresses

Using the internet to find a website and print out the front page

Sorting food pictures with text to the appropriate restaurant

Sorting food pictures with text to the appropriate department in a grocery store

Sequencing pictures of how to wash dishes, etc.

Sequencing pictures of how things grow  - trees, children,

Using out pictures for healthy meal planning

Laminated pseudo-job applications to be completed with the help of a information card.  

Typing the information from the card into Word (no need to always print)

Inserting a copy art or word art pic into Word

Using a ten key machine or adding machine to type numbers

Utilizing a bus schedule to answer questions

Putting "enough" money in a plastic bag with a price tag on it.

  

Answer 3

filing-

by alphabetical order.....