How to Adult: 101 Bite-Sized Life Skills
Looking for meaningful warm-ups or time fillers that actually teach students something useful?
How to Adult: 101 Life Skills is a flexible slide-based activity that introduces real-world adulting topics in quick, engaging ways—no extra prep required.
Use it to build independent living skills, spark practical discussions, or simply fill that last 10 minutes of class with a fun change of pace.
What Is It?
This resource includes 101 Google or PowerPoint slides, each focused on a practical adulting skill—like writing a check, handling kitchen fires, negotiating salary, or checking your tire pressure.
Each slide is designed to take 5–10 minutes and works beautifully as:
A daily warm-up or bell ringer
A brain break or discussion starter
A sponge activity or exit ticket
A life skills mini-lesson for transition planning or special education
Slides are organized into 9 categories, making it easy to skip around or tie into a theme.
Try a Free Sample
Want to see how it works before diving in? Grab a free sample with one slide from each of the 9 categories—perfect for testing it out or getting started right away.
What’s Included
101 Life Skills Slides (Google Slides & PowerPoint formats)
Speaker Notes for each slide with helpful resources
Printable Life Skills Checklist
Student Organizer / Reflection Pages
Implementation tips for flexible classroom use
Why Teachers Love It
✅ Zero prep – Just project a slide and start the conversation
✅ Flexible formats – Use in whole-group discussion or student-led activities
✅ Helps students reflect – Optional checklist and graphic organizer
✅ Real-world relevance – Covers the practical stuff we wish we had been taught
Topics Covered
Adulting topics span 9 categories, including:
Personal Finance (e.g., budgeting, taxes, credit scores)
Car Care (e.g., jump-starting a car, checking tire pressure)
Health & Safety (e.g., prescription safety, emergency kits)
Social Norms (e.g., tipping, thank-you notes, etiquette)
Life Skills (e.g., laundry, grocery shopping, sewing basics)
Technology (e.g., data backups, email scams, safe passwords)
Home Maintenance (e.g., frozen pipes, fire safety, cleaning routines)
Civic Engagement (e.g., voting, jury duty)
Legal Topics (e.g., identity theft, getting a ticket)
👉 View the full resource on TPT and preview everything included.
Who It’s For
General education teachers looking to build life skills into their routine
Special education or transition teachers working on IEP/ITP goals
Counselors, adult education instructors, or homeroom advisors
Anyone who wants to sneak some real-world readiness into their daily schedule
Ready to Dive In?
The full How to Adult resource is ready to go—with 101 life skill slides, built-in support, and flexible tools to help your students prepare for real life (without adding to your workload).
👉 Get your copy now on TPT and start building real-world readiness—one bite-sized skill at a time.
Want more ideas for using these slides? Check out this post:
👉 101 Adulting Warm-Ups to Teach Life Skills
It’s full of ideas for classroom use—plus a behind-the-scenes look at how the slides are structured.
