Life Skills Special Education Activities - Grocery Life Skills Math Worksheets

🛒 Grocery Store Life Skills Worksheets | Special Education | Community-Based Instruction

Get your students ready for real-world grocery shopping with these adapted life skills worksheets! Designed for special education and autism classrooms, these engaging, no-prep activities help students practice the essential skills needed for independence in the community.

Perfect for independent workstations, group lessons, or prep before a community-based instruction (CBI) trip, this resource provides scaffolded support with 2 levels of difficulty—visual cues for beginners and independent completion for more advanced learners.

✨ What’s Included:

• 50 worksheets total
• 25 topics, 2 levels each:
• Level 1 – with visual cues for support
• Level 2 – for independent practice
• TpT Easel Ready for digital use

🧩 Skills Covered:

✔ Following directions

✔ Counting (1–5, 6–10)

✔ Patterning & sorting (size, fridge vs. freezer, shelf vs. fridge)

✔ Grocery shopping sequencing

✔ Using debit/credit card sequencing

✔ Reading environmental print (signs, labels)

✔ Finding information in the grocery store

✔ Shopping from a list & navigating aisles

✔ Using produce scales

✔ Dollar Up strategy

✔ More or Less comparisons

✔ Adding total cost & reading receipts

✔ Fine motor practice (tracing, coloring, completing pictures, mazes)

💡 Classroom Ideas:

• Morning work warm-ups
• Independent work binders
• Life skills units
• Early finisher activities
• Group discussions about community independence
• Preparation for community-based instruction trips

✅ Builds confidence in everyday shopping tasks

✅ Differentiated for a wide range of learners

✅ Hands-on, visual, and engaging