Keep Track of Your Things
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What you will learn
- 1Give each of your things a home
- 2Put things back right after you use them
- 3Look back before you leave a place
- 4Find a lost thing calmly with a grown-up
Mini Lesson
Where are my shoes? Where is my water bottle? Losing things makes mornings slow. The trick is easy. Give each thing a home, and put it back after you use it.
🏠 The Life Skills Way (step by step)
- A HOME: give each thing one place where it always lives.
- PUT IT BACK: put each thing back right after you use it.
- LANDING SPOT: keep a spot by the door for things you need each day.
- LOOK BACK: before you leave a place, look back. Did I leave anything?
- YOUR NAME: label the inside of your things with your name.
🔍 If You Lose Something
- STAY CALM: take a deep breath, then start looking.
- RETRACE: think back. Where did you last have it? Look there.
- ASK: ask a grown-up to help you look.
Never go off alone to look for a lost thing, like at the park or in a store. Stay with your grown-up and ask them to help you look.
Words to know
home (for a thing)
The one place where a thing always goes.
e.g. The home for my shoes is by the door.
landing spot
A place by the door for things you need each day.
e.g. My bag waits in the landing spot.
label
Write your name on something so people know it is yours.
e.g. I label my water bottle with my name.
retrace
Go back over where you have been.
e.g. I retrace my steps to find my hat.
look back
Check behind you before you leave a place.
e.g. I look back and see my book on the chair.
💡 Handy Tip: say "look back" out loud each time you leave a room or a car. It helps you remember to check.
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