Great Resources for Teaching Life Skills

Bolster essential skills for modern life and career success

Bottom Line: From workplace skills to personal interests, this site is full of hard-to-find tutorials for core skills, but don't expect ultra-engaging learning design.

Practical PBL lessons teach critical computer skills

Bottom Line: Thorough digital literacy curriculum offers mix-and-match options to fit any classroom.

Cute book and game combo puts kids on a path to financial well-being

Bottom Line: This is a delightful, kid-friendly intro to financial health with a great mixture of activities.

Grounded financial literacy curriculum offers easy implementation

Bottom Line: This program is worth checking out: It's free and comprehensive and, while it's not pushing any boundaries, it gets the basics right and can be plugged into any classroom.

Beginner financial literacy modules can lay a solid foundation

Bottom Line: For elementary classrooms looking to introduce students to money management and financial planning, this is a good package worth considering.

Straightforward finance site brimming with resources for teachers

Bottom Line: This is a useful, high-quality, well-organized resource for teachers putting together short personal finance lessons or entire curricula.

Interactive modules teach students early financial planning strategies

Bottom Line: These lessons break free from the one-size-fits-all expectations of other financial literacy tools, and offer a good starting point to get students planning for their future.

Simple story about shapes showcases problem-solving and inclusion

Bottom Line: This cute little story could be a nice launching pad for big discussions about friendship, tolerance, and acceptance.

Pretend play meets social skills at this cute interactive gathering

Bottom Line: Beautiful, imagination-provoking app is so easy to use, kids will likely want to return for many more parties.

Quirky game helps kids recognize and regulate anger in self and others

Bottom Line: If they can get through the confusing bits, students will be able to identify, label, and perhaps manage strong feelings of anger or frustration.

Care for a cute creature to practice mindfulness and self-control

Bottom Line: Meditation lessons and visual timers act as decent supplemental activities for introducing SEL skills.

Complete SEL units in a neat and tidy package

Bottom Line: Detailed social and emotional learning lessons provide teachers with almost everything they'll need to spark positive character development and reflection in their students.

Research-based social game has terrific assessment potential

Bottom Line: A powerful and focused social problem-solving game designed to reach kids who need direct instruction.

Thought-provoking structured program simplifies SEL skills

Bottom Line: If teachers take advantage of the extension activities, students can get great in-depth instruction and practice in SEL skills needed for life.

Experiential game teaches empathy toward those with autism

Bottom Line: Lessons on inclusion and community in the classroom require post-game facilitated discussion for deep learning.

Adorable social innovation app spurs discussion, collective action

Bottom Line: This free app, when used with the extension materials, will help students understand their role in the environment and the economy, and empower them to make change for the better.

Fantastical game helps teach friendship skills through storytelling

Bottom Line: Riveting role-playing game reinforces relationship skills, but plan carefully so that students can save their game.

Messaging tool helps classrooms forge and foster meaningful dialogue

Bottom Line: This tool opens up avenues for conversation and relationship building between teachers and students.

Responsive game helps students prepare for transition to middle school

Bottom Line: Wonderful and fun social-interaction game designed to teach cooperation and friendship skills needed for middle school and beyond.

Unique platform acts as social media training wheels for students

Bottom Line: If students take to it and teachers can support it, DiGii Social can level up digital citizenship awareness in a safe yet authentic context.

Game shows real-world uses for literacy and decision-making skills

Bottom Line: A clever, real-world, and civic-minded context to learn and practice ELA skills.

ELA game set in a medical clinic shows the value of literacy skills

Bottom Line: Great ELA lessons that realistically integrate literacy skills into the simulated day-to-day of a medical clinic.

Uplifting one-stop shop for social and emotional learning resources

Bottom Line: inspirED delivers exactly what it claims: empowering, easy-to-search content for social and emotional learning.

Incredibly relatable story about navigating adult love and life

Bottom Line: This heartwarming game helps kids empathize with the highs and lows of romantic relationships.

Expert feedback and tools designed for individual learner profiles

Bottom Line: This impressive tool uses normed digital assessments to create a specific learning profile and provide authentic tools for individual learners.

Interactive story explores diabetes health issues, lacks depth

Bottom Line: A kid-friendly way to teach an important message about healthy living, but a missed opportunity to fully engage kids with assessment or gameplay.

Guided lessons focus on the brain, encourage a growth mindset

Bottom Line: Wonderful, easy-to-use lessons spur self-reflection and a growth mindset in students.

Quirky, fact-filled videos help adults answer kids' sex-ed questions

Bottom Line: An appealing, approachable collection of resources that help teachers and caregivers field kids' tough questions about puberty, relationships, and more.

Outstanding site motivates kids to follow dreams, work hard

Bottom Line: Incredibly inspirational, fun, and helpful guide for kids trying to figure out a sustainable, happy future.

Immediate help for teens struggling with harmful urges

Bottom Line: Powerful therapeutic tool teaches positive coping skills and mental wellness.

Robust personality survey for students results in real-world insights

Bottom Line: For educators who have the time, drive, and buy-in, this program is a great data-analysis and character-development tool.

Reliable, unbiased sex ed site keeps it real for teens

Bottom Line: An engaging and informative destination for sex ed teachers and students.

Effective and affecting game about dealing with depression

Bottom Line: A slow-paced SEL game for helping students understand the nuances of managing mental health.