Category: Living on Your Own

Mending Jeans Creatively

While ripped and/or holey jeans are still fashionable, not every hole or rip occurs in the most appropriate place if you get my drift!  If you’ve ever owned a pair of jeans forever and they are well loved and worn, you know exactly what I mean! Sometimes, closing the hole or rip gives the jeans an extended life and sometimes it gives them an entirely new look. Whatever the reason for closing the gaps, this Mending Jeans Creatively can give you some great ideas for saving money, sustainability and even self-expression. It all starts with a pair of jeans!

Making vs Buying UnCrustables

I have always enjoyed teaching students how to make convenience foods from scratch and showing them the benefits of doing so. When I saw an article about DIY UnCrustables, I knew it was a mini-lesson and lab in the making!  Thus “Making vs Buying UnCrustables” was created! Read on to learn more…

Updated Can-Do Struggle Meals

If you liked the original Can-Do Convenience Food Challenge, then you need to take a look at the Updated Can-Do Struggle Meals version by Lindsey Harlan. She was inspired to change up the original after seeing a Facebook post on using AI sketch notes to create recipes and the rest fell into place!

Expiration Dates

Do you include expiration dates when teaching about food label literacy? If not, maybe you should consider adding it to your unit as there is alot of information about expiration dates than you might realize. Because of this, I’ve created some interactive resources around Expiration Dates to help your students learn more!

Limitations Lab

Students may not realize that some everyday tasks can become more difficult with age. That’s where this Limitations Lab, shared by Ellen Bolton of Pennsylvania, comes in. Students simulate a variety of physical limitations as they go about the everyday task of preparing food in the kitchen.

How Many Ways Can You Pay?

There was a time when you basically had only a few options when it came paying for goods and services. It was cash, check or credit card! That was it! Now there are a plethora of options available! Use the How Many Ways Can You Pay? lesson to help your students learn about the variety of payment methods at their disposal!

Shrinkflation

For years products have been decreasing in size, but not in price! This is known as Shrinkflation and in this lesson, students will learn what the concept means as well as how to calculate the percentage change in product sizes and then how consumers can fight back. This is a great lesson for a consumerism class, a financial literacy class or even a foods class!

Food Safety Myths & Facts

It’s been my experience that many students, especially junior high, don’t know food safety concepts let alone practice them! The practices they believe to be safe are far from it and often very inaccurate. So, with all of the misinformation out there, it’s important for students to know what’s true versus what is false. With this Food Safety Myths & Facts activity, students learn the difference in a very engaging way. Read on to learn how this activity works.

Thrifting: Love it or Hate it?

I’m a thrifting enthusiast! Always have been, always will be!  To me, it’s the thrill of the hunt; finding the next treasure. Not everyone looks at thrifting the way I do and that’s okay. However, thrifting does seem to be in style now and it tells you something when the thrift store parking lots have more cars than the regular department stores do. So, why not see where your students stand with this Thrifting: Love it or Hate it? lesson.