Food Prep & Cooking Choices: Functional Kitchen Life Skills
by Atypical Living © 2026
Price: $5 USD
Subjects: specialed,speech,adultSpeech,specialAdults,Special Autism,lifeSkills,cognitionProblemSolving
Grades: 0
Description
Help students practice real-world food preparation and cooking decisions with this deck featuring 50 different dishes. Students look at a picture of a food or drink and decide which seasoning choice makes the most sense in the context of cooking and food prep. 📷 Which one should we add—salt or sugar? Dishes include foods such as coffee, potato salad, salmon, pancakes, and more. See if you agree with the choice! This activity targets functional life skills, including basic cooking concepts, seasoning awareness, and food logic, and is well suited for kitchen-based instruction. Students may respond using: Single words (“Salt.” “Sugar.”) Short phrases (“Add sugar.” “Needs salt.”) Expanded responses (“I add sugar.” “Not sugar. Salt.”) Supports AAC users and verbal communicators across common AAC systems. Key Features: 50 food and drink scenarios Focuses on functional cooking and food prep decisions Builds practical kitchen life skills Encourages reasoning and discussion
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