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 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 […]
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 Restaurant Inspections to Increase Awareness
Picture this: Your students are in the middle of a cooking lab when you notice small, clean up tasks being overlooked, such as spilled spices on the floor not being cleaned up. After the lab, you notice a kitchen sink is clogged due to food in the drain. Another kitchen has enough crumbs left on […]
