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Life Skills Task Boxes cover: five home work bins for teens, laundry, junk drawer, lids, mail and home routines, sort it, match it, put it in order
The three-pile laundry mat with photo cards of white, dark and delicate clothing placed on it
The four-zone mail mat, Keep Important, Keep For Later, Recycle and Ask Someone You Trust, with mail cards and the rule card
A four-step home routine strip with its numbered step cards and the one-cleaner rule card
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Life Skills Task Boxes: Home Organization Work Bins for Teens

Five home task boxes for teens and young adults in special education: sort 24 laundry cards into three piles, put 18 junk-drawer items back into six compartments, match 16 lids to their containers, sort 20 pieces of mail into keep, later, recycle or ask someone you trust, and put five home routines in order. Photo cards, a mat that looks like the real surface, a rule card and a teacher key for every box; three levels, a data sheet that says what one point is, a portfolio cover and two copy-paste IEP goals. US Letter and A4.

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Five work bins a student runs alone, each one a real home task: sort 24 laundry cards into three piles, put 18 junk-drawer items back into six compartments, match 16 lids to their containers with three odd lids that fit nothing, sort 20 pieces of mail into keep, later, recycle or ask someone you trust, and put five home routines in order step by step. Every box prints its own photo cards, a mat that looks like the real surface, a rule card that ends with an asking route, and a teacher key the student never needs to finish. three levels fade the support, the data sheet says what one point is in every box, an ask is never scored as an error, and two copy-paste IEP goals are written for it.

What is included

  • Five home task boxes: Sort Laundry By Type, Junk Drawer Organization, Matching Lids To Containers, Mail & Paper Sorting, Weekly Chore Sequencing
  • 24 laundry photo cards to three piles, three borderline cards for Level 2, and an opener card: check every pocket, read the care tag
  • 18 junk-drawer photo cards to a six-compartment tray mat
  • 16 containers and their lids to match by shape, size and color, plus three odd lids and a No Match spot
  • 20 mail and paper cards to four zones, one of them Ask Someone You Trust, with the never-recycle-an-account-number rule card
  • Five home routines of four numbered steps each, with the one-cleaner rule card for the bathroom counter
  • A mat, a rule card and a teacher key for every box, the data sheet that says what one point is, a portfolio cover, three levels and two copy-paste IEP goals
  • US Letter and A4 print files, everything single-sided

Formats, license and delivery

Formats
Print-ready PDF, US Letter and A4, everything single-sided. Color prints best; every card still reads in black and white.
License
Licensed for personal and single-classroom use by the purchaser. For another classroom or teacher, please add a license for each.
Delivery
The download unlocks the moment Stripe checkout completes and the link is emailed to you. The pack also stays in your My Resources library, reachable anytime through a magic link sent to your email.
Refunds
Because this is an instant digital download, all sales are final. If a file will not open or you bought the wrong pack, email info@spectrumunlocked.com and Spectrum Unlocked will make it right.

Questions from teachers

Who are these task boxes for?
Teachers, paraprofessionals and job coaches working with teens and young adults from about 13 to 21 in special education, life skills and transition programs, and the families running the same tasks at home. Every box is a real home task an adult does, photographed as real objects on plain backgrounds, with no childish framing.
What does a student need to finish a box?
Nothing the box does not print. Each box carries its own cards, a mat that looks like the real surface, and a rule card that ends with an asking route. Card backs carry a small zone letter, so a student can check their own work without the teacher key. The key stays with the teacher and is handed over only for the self-check.
Why is the mail zone called Ask Someone You Trust instead of Ask an Adult?
Because a 21-year-old may be the adult in the house. The Postal Inspection Service's own advice is to discuss any offer with a trusted friend or relative before acting, so that is the label. A card placed in that zone is never scored as an error: asking is a correct route, and the rule card says anything marked urgent, anything that says you won, or anything from a sender you do not know goes there.
Is there a safety rule in the cleaning sequence?
Yes. The bathroom-counter routine follows the EPA's steps: one cleaner, read the label, wait the time on the label with the surface wet, then wipe, then wash your hands. Its rule card says use one cleaner and never mix cleaners, and the teacher key explains that bleach and ammonia make a toxic gas, because that explanation belongs with the adult, not on the student's card.
What formats do I get, and how is it delivered?
Print-ready PDFs in US Letter and A4, everything single-sided. Delivery is instant: the download unlocks the moment Stripe checkout completes, a copy of the link is emailed to you, and the files stay in your My Resources library behind a magic link. The pack is licensed for personal and single-classroom use by the purchaser.

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