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Explore 12 free printable life skills activities for kids and teens: money, kitchen skills, measurement and everyday judgment, with answers and grown-up guides.

The Five-Coin Choice

Practice counting, budgeting and choosing with five pretend coins. A free money worksheet for ages 4–6, with a grown-up guide and answers.

Half a Recipe, Whole Snack

Practice halves and quarters with a printable fruit-salad recipe for ages 7–9. This free worksheet includes worked answers and a grown-up guide.

Measure Twice. Buy Once.

Compare width, depth and height in a free measurement worksheet for ages 10–12. Test which box fits a shelf, with worked answers and a grown-up guide.

That Message Feels Wrong

Spot pressure, payment and code requests in a free phishing awareness worksheet for ages 13+. Practice independent verification with fictional messages.

Learn chess through play

Color the pieces, trace their moves, and build toward your first friendly game with a complete printable chess set.

Learn Go through play

Meet the stones, find their breathing spaces, and discover captures, connections and territory with visual challenges and a printable Go kit.

Be a Human Computer

Give a partner a plan for three paper shapes, then discover what happens when the instructions change.

Nature bingo

Search for outdoor discoveries and mark them on a bingo board. Build observation and visual recognition with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Give a shadow a story

Turn a hand shadow into a character, then draw its tiny adventure.

Sound safari in the house

Listen for everyday sounds, then draw or describe what you hear. Build sound recognition and careful listening with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Kindness postcard

Create a postcard to brighten someone’s day. Build empathy and positive communication with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Paper bridge challenge

Test how much weight a paper bridge holds, then try a stronger shape. Build structural design and fair testing with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Computer Foundations: Parent & Teacher Guide

Lead four hands-on computer science sessions with clear goals, age adaptations, worked answers, and direct links to the Computer Lab.

For parents & teachers

Finish the monster

Finish the missing half of a silly monster. Build creative expression and visual symmetry with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Repeat Until...

Move one job at a time from Left to Done. Discover why a repeating plan needs both a changing count and a stopping check.

Everyday shape hunt

Find circles, rectangles and triangles in a familiar room.

A map made of sounds

Sit still, listen and map the sounds around you.

A little note of kindness

Make a picture-note that says you noticed something kind.

Weather through my window

Notice today’s sky and choose clothes for a pretend walk.

The rook’s straight road

Trace a rook’s straight paths on a small practice board.

Can paper be a bridge?

Compare flat and folded paper, then record what happened.

Special delivery to Sock Town

Plan a toy town and draw a delivery route.

My tiny field guide

Make a field-guide entry about one ordinary outdoor discovery.

Build a pattern. Change the rule.

Make repeating patterns with simple marks and colors.

The taller tower test

Build two paper towers and test one change at a time.

Six starts for a story

Choose a character, place and small problem to start a story.

Draw a route. Give the directions.

Design a map, then test whether someone can follow your directions.

The cloud inventor’s notebook

Turn three cloud outlines into wonderfully unlikely inventions.

Observation or guess?

Practice separating what you can see from what you think it might mean.

Small kindness, real ripples

Notice a need and choose one small, welcome way to help.

Make room for everyone

Design a shared play space with room for different ideas.

Tell it. Then try to repair it.

Use a pretend accident to practice honest words and a repair plan.

My small-steps trail

Choose a small skill and notice what changes across five tries.

Build a unicorn of questions

Design a pretend creature and ask useful questions about your idea.

Map my block from memory

Compare a map drawn from memory with landmarks you can observe. Build spatial reasoning and mapmaking with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Kitchen sink weather lab

Investigate moving air and water droplets using everyday materials. Build prediction and observation with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Build a mini shelter for a toy

Build a miniature shelter for a toy, test it, and improve your design. Build building, testing and redesign with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Shadow town at night

Make an imaginary town from the shadows of familiar objects. Build shape recognition and storytelling with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Pantry store math mission

Turn pantry items into a pretend store and make choices within a budget. Build addition, prices and budgeting with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Five-step nature alphabet

Find nature objects and connect their names with letters and sounds. Build letters, beginning sounds and observation with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Fix-it detectives

Investigate a small everyday problem and invent a safe solution. Build identifying causes and testing ideas with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

A letter to tomorrow me

Write a message to your future self and save it for another day. Build reflection and sentence writing with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Wind catcher for the porch

Make a wind catcher, compare its movement and try a design change. Build air movement, prediction and design with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Shadow tracers

Trace a shadow and notice what changes when the light moves. Build visual tracking and observation with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

How long is a giant step?

Estimate and count giant steps, then compare with smaller steps. Build estimation and comparing units with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Shape safari

Search for familiar shapes in everyday surroundings. Build visual matching and observation with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Foil boat float test

Build foil boats and test how much they can carry. Build prediction, counting and redesign with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Sound survey

Listen for sounds, record tallies and compare what you found. Build tallying and recognizing patterns with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Mystery bag story

Use mystery objects to invent a beginning, a problem and an ending. Build sequencing and narrative structure with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Living-room obstacle course

Plan and try a safe obstacle course using household objects. Build coordination and following steps with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Ice melt race

Predict which ice will melt first and record the results. Build controlled comparison and observation with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Number garden

Grow a number garden by counting and drawing. Build number recognition and pencil control with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Help the bee get home

Help a bee find its way home through a simple maze. Build pathfinding and pencil control with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Rocket dot-to-dot

Connect numbered dots in order to reveal a rocket. Build number sequencing and pencil control with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Pattern parade

Look for what repeats and continue the parade of shapes. Build pattern recognition and prediction with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Mirror mandala

Complete a mirrored design by copying shapes across the line. Build symmetry and visual matching with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Feelings faces

Draw different facial expressions and talk about feelings. Build emotion vocabulary and empathy with a printable activity for ages 4–6.

Design a robot

Design a robot to solve a real problem and explain its features. Build functional design and creative problem-solving with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Picture word hunt

Find picture clues and match them with written words. Build word recognition and visual scanning with a printable activity for ages 7–9.

Number Keepers

Give three numbers a place to stay. Read two values, write their sum, and notice what changes when one value is replaced.

Trace Detective

Follow three values through a plan, find the first step that calculates too soon, and prove your repair on a new example.

My First Kitchen Job

Put snack-making steps in order with a free kitchen activity for ages 4–6. Includes a printable learner sheet, answers and a grown-up guide.

The Little Arrow Secret

Explore left and right with fuel-gauge arrows in this free everyday-symbols worksheet for ages 4–6. Includes answers and a grown-up guide.

Same Thing. Different Deal.

Compare pencil-pack prices and a small budget in a free unit price worksheet for ages 7–9. Includes worked answers and a parent or teacher guide.

Find the Problem First

Plan simple checks for a fictional flashlight with a free troubleshooting worksheet for ages 7–9. Includes answers, safety limits and an adult guide.

The Cheapest Thing Costs More

Compare upfront and four-year costs in a free money worksheet for ages 10–12. Explore budgets and replacement assumptions with answers and adult guidance.

The Leftover Detective

Use a timing rule card to assess fictional leftovers in a free food safety worksheet for ages 10–12. Includes answers and a grown-up discussion guide.

The Sneaky Subscription

Compare monthly and annual subscription offers in a free worksheet for ages 13+. Practice cost calculations, trial questions and cancellation planning.

Fix It, Leave It, or Get Help?

Practice choosing a safe first response to household problems in a free worksheet for ages 13+. Includes fictional cases, answers and a grown-up guide.