Engaging Activities about Life Skills for Teens
Life skills are a never ending set of tasks to learn. Even if you don’t have a class specifically on life skills, you can weave them into your Family and Consumer Science curriculum rather easily. I always tell students there are definitely some I am willing to pay for- car oil changes- rather than learning […]
5 Tips for Closing Out the Semester
The end of the semester is always known for being exhausting. It’s always a case of “The days are long” and May-cember. Survival of the fittest is great, but why not find some ways to thrive in your role and make it enjoyable for students too? With proper planning and enlisting the help of your […]
5 Simple Ways to Teach Expectations when Cooking with a Guest Chef
Too often we think by junior high and high school, our students should have mastered manners and etiquette. We think they should understand how to behave when there is a guest speaker or chef. However, it doesn’t take long to realize our students are not coming to us with manners, etiquette, and experiences as they […]
Optimizing Classroom Systems for Time Management in a FACS Classroom
You know the feeling, when you classroom seems choatic and out of control. Your well-planned activity goes awry. And students seem to think they run the show. Creating strong classroom systems in a Family and Consumer Sciences classroom can make even the toughtest of classes have structure and routine. Creating systems based on time is […]
5 Effective Kitchen Systems During a Cooking Lab
Cooking lab days, you know, one of the main reasons our students sign up for FCS classes. They are the days that can make you feel confident about your classroom management or make you question what full moon, severe weather, or solar flare is throwing your students’ self-control out the window. Let’s be honest, even […]
Strengthening Family, Career, and Community Connections with Communication and Leadership
I can feel the eye twitch now, but I can also know I can fix it. The start of the semester is always a strong reminder why it is worth every minute of time teaching students valuable skills for communication and leadership. I spend the first week going over expectations, building relationships, having fun, and […]
Using Real-World Projects to Teach Teens About Financial Literacy
Stanley cups, Birks, AirPods, Lulu, venti coffee drinks, freshly manicured nails, and more. Your students are lacking in wants and high-end habits in their young lives. It seems they might have financial literacy covered with those kind of spending habits, but I’ve realized it’s far from it. Using real world projects to teach teens about […]
3 Ways to Maximize Your Time When Returning Back to School
Ready or not, here it comes. Back to school season is happening. Repeat after me, “THIS is the year I take back my time and find a better work-life balance.” Seriously, I mean it when I say I want that for you! It’s always difficult to give up summer, but likely you want your room […]
3 Effective Classroom Systems for Managing Tardy Students, Missed Cooking Labs, and Absent Work
You know the feeling of like your ducks aren’t even close to being in a row. It feels like whack-a-mole trying to put out little fires left and right. And usually it’s not even lunch. What are those little, but repetitive tasks that seem to throw you off you A game? Likely it’s students who […]
5 Important Classroom Systems to Implement Before School Starts
Setting up essential classroom systems before school starts is yet another way to make sure you’re setting yourself, and your students, up for success. Family and Consumer Sciences classrooms usually have multiple preps, loads of supplies and activities. The more time spent behind the scenes creating a framework, the better. Here are 3 essential classroom […]
Semi Homemade Cooking Labs in the Family and Consumer Classroom
Finding ways to create semi-homemade recipes in the Family and Consumer classroom can seem time consuming or costly, but the experience and the outcome proves its worth. For many of our students, they haven’t taken the time to create something from scratch. Sometimes it’s the time, or the money, or lacking the resources. I would […]
Using Grills in the Family and Consumer Science Classroom
BBQ grills in a Family and Consumer classroom. Maybe you also have courtyard space at your building? Maybe you also want to think outside the classroom walls? If you are looking for ways to take your Family and Consumer Science cooking labs to a new level, maybe grills are an idea! (It should also be […]
