Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

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January 13, 2012 at 11:56 pm
jmac17
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I’m doing a bit of “Big Picture” planning, trying to determine my priorities for things I want my children to learn in the long run. The academic subjects are fairly obvious, but right now I’m trying to create a list of the “Life Skills” areas that I will need to address eventually. What would you add to this preliminary list?
House and Home: cleaning, organizing, home maintenance (basic carpentry, plumbing, decorating, etc.)
Nutrition, cooking, and meal planning
Financial management: staying out of debt, budgeting, making wise purchase decisions,
Basic vehicle and other equipment maintenance
Personal Safety: internet, choosing good friends, etc.
Clothing: choosing quality items, laundry skills, simple sewing/clothing repair
Thanks,
Joanne
January 14, 2012 at 12:09 am
MamaSnow
Participant
We made a similar list for our kids earlier this year. There is some overlap, but this is the list we have:
– Chores and Basic Housekeeping
– Hygeine and Personal Care
– Cooking
– Basic Home/Car Maintenance
– Typing
– Computer Literacy (knowing how to use various programs, internet safety, etc)
– Fitness and Nutrition
– Basic First Aid
– Stress Management and Emotional Health
– Finance Management
– Hobbies and Handicrafts
Most of these things we won’t cover formally during school time necessarily, but I did make a simple chart for my planning folder with each category listed down the side so I can keep track of things we have done informally in each of these areas, and to remind myself of things that I may have forgotten. At the end of each year I’ll have a list of all the ‘life skills’ we worked on for their portfolios.
HTH – Jen
January 14, 2012 at 4:14 am
jmac17
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Thanks, that gave me a few things to add – hadn’t thought of First Aid for example.

Any other ideas anyone?
Joanne
January 14, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Sonya Shafer
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I would also add caring for young children/babies. In some homes with large families, that skill seems like a given for the older ones. But just something to keep in mind. I had babysat once, maybe twice, when I got married, and I had a pretty steep learning curve when I had my first child.