Homeschool life skills in Canada

5 hand-checked life skills resources for homeschooling families, with honest cost labels. Free options are listed first. See the full resource directory for every category.

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• FreeAll ages

  Canada's Food Guide: healthy eating for parents and children

  Health Canada's guidance for families on regular meals and snacks, drinks, picky eating and building plates around vegetables, fruit, whole grains and protein foods.

  Visit food-guide.canada.ca ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• FreeAges 2–17

  Canada's Food Guide: involving kids in planning and preparing meals

  Age-by-age suggestions for kitchen tasks children can help with, from washing produce as toddlers to making lunch and using the microwave by about 8–11. A practical basis for a cooking and food-skills routine.

  Visit food-guide.canada.ca ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• FreeAges 4–17

  Teaching children about money (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)

  Federal guidance for parents on teaching money skills at different ages, including needs versus wants, saving with jars or envelopes, using an allowance to practise budgeting, and opening a savings account.

  Visit canada.ca ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• FreeAges 6–17

  Get Cyber Safe: talking with kids about cyber security

  Government of Canada advice for parents on online security conversations with children: recognizing phishing that imitates familiar games and apps, running software updates, backing up data and telling an adult if anyone asks for money.

  Visit getcybersafe.gc.ca ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• FreeAges 4–17

  MediaSmarts resources for parents

  Tip sheets, guides and games from Canada's non-profit centre for digital and media literacy, covering online safety by age, cyberbullying, privacy and screen-time rules at home.

  Visit mediasmarts.ca ↗ (opens in a new tab)