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    Life Skills Every Kid Should Master by Age Checklist

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    This document outlines essential life skills that kids should master at different age ranges to become self-sufficient. It provides skills for ages 2-3 like basic grooming, ages 4-5 like safety knowledge and chores, ages 6-7 such as basic cooking and cleaning, ages 8-9 including caring for belongings, ages 10-13 gaining independence, and ages 14-18 preparing for adulthood with skills like employment and vehicle maintenance. The goal is for children to learn important life skills at each stage to care for themselves as they grow up.

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    Life Skills Every Kid Should Master by Age Checklist

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    This document outlines essential life skills that kids should master at different age ranges to become self-sufficient. It provides skills for ages 2-3 like basic grooming, ages 4-5 like safety knowledge and chores, ages 6-7 such as basic cooking and cleaning, ages 8-9 including caring for belongings, ages 10-13 gaining independence, and ages 14-18 preparing for adulthood with skills like employment and vehicle maintenance. The goal is for children to learn important life skills at each stage to care for themselves as they grow up.

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    This document outlines essential life skills that kids should master at different age ranges to become self-sufficient. It provides skills for ages 2-3 like basic grooming, ages 4-5 like safety knowledge and chores, ages 6-7 such as basic cooking and cleaning, ages 8-9 including caring for belongings, ages 10-13 gaining independence, and ages 14-18 preparing for adulthood with skills like employment and vehicle maintenance. The goal is for children to learn important life skills at each stage to care for themselves as they grow up.

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    Life Skills Every Kid Should Master by Age Checklist

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    Alexia Dumitrescu
    This document outlines essential life skills that kids should master at different age ranges to become self-sufficient. It provides skills for ages 2-3 like basic grooming, ages 4-5 like safety knowledge and chores, ages 6-7 such as basic cooking and cleaning, ages 8-9 including caring for belongings, ages 10-13 gaining independence, and ages 14-18 preparing for adulthood with skills like employment and vehicle maintenance. The goal is for children to learn important life skills at each stage to care for themselves as they grow up.

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    LIFE SKILLS EVERY KID SHOULD

    MASTER TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT
    AGES 2-3 AGES 4-5
    SMALL CHORES AND BASIC GROOMING IMPORTANT NAMES AND NUMBERS
    This is the age when your child will start to learn When your child reaches this age, safety skills are
    basic life skills. By the age of three, your child high on the list. By four or five kids should know:
    should be able to:
    Memorize their full name, address, and phone
    Help put toys away
    number
    Dress themselves (with some help from you).
    Know how to make an emergency call
    Put clothes in the hamper after getting
    How to do simple chores like dusting in
    undressed
    easy-to-reach places
    Clear their plate after meals
    How to feed the pets
    Help set the table
    Understand the very basic concept of how
    Brush their teeth and wash their face (with money is used and identify basic coins and bills
    assistance)
    Choose their own clothes to wear
    Put their own clothes away

    AGES 6-7 AGES 8-9


    BASIC COOKING TECHNIQUES AND HOME PRIDE IN PERSONAL BELONGINGS
    CLEANING
    By this time, your child should take pride in her
    Kids at this age can start to help with cooking personal belongings and take care of them properly.
    meals, and can learn to: This includes being able to:
    Mix, stir, and cut with a dull knife Fold their clothes.
    Make a basic meal, such as a sandwich Learn simple sewing skills
    Help put the groceries away Care for outdoor toys such as bikes or roller
    Wash the dishes skates:
    Use basic household cleaners safely Take care of personal hygiene without being
    Straighten up the bathroom after using it told to do so
    Make the bed without assistance Use a broom and dustpan properly
    Bathe unsupervised Read a recipe and prepare a simple meal
    Help create a grocery list
    Count and make change
    Take written phone messages
    Help with simple lawn duties such as watering
    AGES 10-13 and weeding flower beds
    Take out the trash
    GAINING INDEPENDENCE
    Ten is about the age when your child can begin to
    perform many skills independently. Kids this age AGES 14-18
    should know how to:
    PREPARING TO ENTER ADULTHOOD
    Stay home alone
    During the teen years, your child should have a very
    Go to the store alone and make purchases good mastering of all of the previous skills. On top
    Change bed sheets of that, she should also be able to:
    Use the washing machine and dryer
    Change the vacuum cleaner bag,
    Plan and prepare a meal with several ingredients
    Clean the stove
    Use the oven to broil or bake foods
    Unclog drains
    Read food and safety labels
    Fill a car with gas
    Know how to iron clothes
    Add air to and change a tire
    Learn to use basic hand tools
    Read and understand medicine labels and
    Mow the lawn
    dosages
    Look after younger siblings or neighbors
    Interview for and get a job

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