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Practical Life and Care of Environment ideas

CynthiaA
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Practical Life and Care of Environment ideas

See our blog post about Practical Life Lessons for Students, then join us here and add your ideas for other things students can do to help care for their families' environments. 

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JessicaG6
PowerSchool Team
PowerSchool Team

I've always assigned my middle and high school aged children the task of cleaning out closets and the pantry. The job involves making three piles - keep, donate, and throw out. I go through the piles with them and discuss why they made the choices they did, talk about the benefits of wise purchasing, and even discuss how much money I wasted buying things we obviously didn't need. They have learned a lot from this and are all now very organized and wise shoppers.

CynthiaA
PowerSchool Team
PowerSchool Team

@JessicaG6 
"...discuss why they made the choices they did, talk about the benefits of wise purchasing, and even discuss how much money I wasted buying things we obviously didn't need."

That's a great application for the keep, donate, and throw away process! Thank you for sharing!