Life skills
Laundry, Labels and Life Admin
Reading care labels is genuine symbol decoding. Sort a load, choose a cycle and take responsibility for one thing in the house.
Ages
9-11, 11-14
Level
Upper KS2, KS3
Subject
Life Skills
Duration
30 min
What you'll need
- Laundry
- The washing machine manual
What the learner will explore
- Symbols and codes
- Sorting
- Independence
How to do it
- 1
Read five care labels and decode them.
- 2
Sort a load by colour and temperature.
- 3
Choose and run the cycle.
- 4
Hang it out and check the results.
Make it easier
Sort colours only.
Make it harder
Work out the cost per wash and the cheapest time to run it.
Try it differently
Apply the same idea to food labels or recycling symbols.
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