Life Skills (Grades 6–8)

Before your teen heads toward independence, this is the kitchen-and-budget class that actually sticks. Chef Aldric the owl runs a no-guessing workshop that treats cooking as the science and life skill it really is. Across 10 operations (two weeks), your student builds genuine competence: knife skills and kitchen safety, measuring by weight, mise en place, reading and deconstructing a recipe, scaling a recipe up and down (and why baking doesn't scale like cooking), reading a nutrition label, planning a grocery budget, the science of heat and the Maillard reaction, and week-long meal planning and food storage — finishing with a full Provision Report capstone. The math is real: unit conversion, ratios, percentages, scaling, and consumer math, applied to decisions they'll make for the rest of their lives. Printable and independent-friendly, with a rubric, teacher notes, and a full answer key. What's Inside: - 10 operations across 2 weeks, building to a capstone meal-planning project - Knife skills, precision measuring, recipe science, nutrition, and grocery budgeting - An assessment rubric, teacher notes, and a full answer key - A Certified Provisioner of Mosswood Forest certificate Part of the Life Skills series. ESA-eligible — pay with your ESA where your program covers curriculum.