Functional Life Skills - Food and Cooking

Teaching life skills to children with special educational needs helps them build the confidence, independence, and problem-solving skills they need for everyday life. Learning about emotions is a key part of that journey—it helps children understand how they feel, manage their reactions, and connect positively with others.

Teaching life skills to children with special educational needs helps them build the confidence, independence, and practical skills they need for everyday life. Learning about food and cooking is an important part of that journey—it helps children understand how to make healthy choices, develop independence in the kitchen, and gain practical skills they can use throughout their lives.

Students will learn to identify different types of food, understand their purposes in a healthy diet, and explore practical skills for safely preparing and cooking simple meals.

What's Included:

• Ideas for planning

• Teaching slides

• Vocabulary cards

• Data tracking sheets

• Social story

• Bingo game

• Labelling activities

• Picture to picture matching

• Word to picture matching

• Differentiated scenario question and answer

• Sorting activities

• Writing activities

• Instruction sheets with real life photos

• Measuring skills worksheets

• Activities for planning a menu

• Activities for following a recipe