Easy Activities That Teach Young Kids Practical Life Skills

Grocery shopping is one of those never-ending tasks that parents love to hate. Get your kid involved in the whole process and it becomes a little more fun for everyone. How We Montessori provides a neat printable of a basic shopping list. You can print this out, or, if you are feeling adventurous, make your own family shopping list by creating a Word document with some clip art and tick boxes.  

Ideally, you would laminate it and use a dry erase marker to tick off the items. It’s also fine to print it out and recycle the paper each time. Before the big shopping expedition, ask your kid to look in the fridge and pantry and mark the items that you don’t need with an X. 

When you go shopping, have your preschooler bring the list and tick off the remaining items on the list as you put them in the cart. It may seem like a lot of work, but this task has a long-lasting impact and helps your kid learn to plan and work independently.