Kitchen Basics is part of Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills series offering transitional skills for mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. This workbook serves as both a traditional print version and an interactive version using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is a revised edition.
Written on a 3rd/4th-grade level with airy pages and bullet-point information for easy independent study, these books, nevertheless, respect teens’ maturity and humor while presenting federally mandated transition skills and Indicator 13 skills needed for adult independence.
Each workbook comes with a Unit Checklist so students may record their progress, a parent notification letter in compliance with federal mandates for family involvement, and an answer key. The Teacher's Manual (sold separately) includes written IEP goals for each workbook, pre/post-assessments, a parent priority questionnaire to meet federal guidelines, a class grade sheet, and suggestions for unit coordination, individuation, and organization.
Workbooks are meant to be self-paced and adaptable with student interests and goals driving most units. Each lesson is taught in a short one-to-three page format with follow-up worksheets/activities to check comprehension. Real-world activities are provided whenever possible.
Lessons in Daily Living Skills Kitchen Basics include:
Accident prevention
Knife and fire safety
Fire extinguishers
Cookware terms
Bakeware terms
Tool terms
Cleanliness
Kitchen organization
Common cooking terms
Measuring
Abbreviations
Also included are Parent Verification Letters, answer key and grading sheet.
Kitchen Basics, Nutrition, Grocery Shopping, Making Meals, Picking Produce--Fruits, Picking Produce--Veggies, and Washing Dishes make an excellent cooking unit.
Kitchen Basics also includes modeling videos for student comprehension. Videos include: Washing Your Hands, Preparing to Bake, Microwave Safety, Chopping and Cutting, and Cleaning the Kitchen. These are all free and can be found on TPT on this site or YouTube on Susan Traugh's channel.
*You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or higher installed in order to take advantage of all the interactive features of this workbook. This is a free program that can be downloaded at: https://get.adobe.com/reader/.
A preview of this book is provided here, or sample the series with our free book—Doing Laundry.
Some titles in the Daily Living Skills transition series include:
Addressing Bullying
Addressing Racism
Becoming Likeable
Becoming Self-Aware
Building Character
Building Self-Esteem
Building Self-Confidence
Building Self-Motivation
Buying Insurance
Celebrating Holidays
Cleaning House
Coping with Covid & Distance Learning
Decision Making
Doing Laundry
Dress for Success
Everyday Manners
Fair Fighting
Getting a Paycheck
Grocery Shopping
Home Maintenance
Hygiene for Girls
Hygiene for Guys
Interviewing Skills
Ironing and Mending
Kitchen Basics
Making Conversation
Making Meals
Managing Stress
Masks and Social Distancing
Nutrition
Outdoor Chores
Overcoming Failure
Paying Bills
Picking Produce--Fruits
Picking Produce--Veggies
Practicing Mindfulness
Practicing Patience
Practicing Self-Advocacy
Safe Dating
Seeking Employment
Staying Healthy
Time Management
Transportation
Understanding Government
Using the Telephone
Voting
Washing Dishes
Who Am I? College and Career
Work Games
A Powerpoint presentation is available free on this site to introduce your class/parents/administrators to the program.
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