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Adulting 101: Life Skills for the Real World: Life Skills

Core Skills & Beyond

Adult Core Skills from LearningExpress Library

Brush up on your math and reading skills or practice for the U.S. Citizenship exam in English or Spanish. 

Adult Core Skills

Career, College, and Job Prep

Explore skills to reach your career and academic goals. 

Michigan eLibrary Career, College, and Job

Computer Skills

Learn computer and Internet basics or software tools including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and more. 

Computer Skills Center from Michigan eLibrary

Searching Online - Purdue University 

Northstar Digital Learning Guides

200+ free tutorials from GCF Global 

How Do I...?

Dad, How Do I?

There are so many things you may have to do for the first time if you're heading out on your own. Luckily, there are a few YouTube channels that can help you. Dad, How do I? is a YouTube channel with a variety of short videos that can teach you about everything from basic car maintenance to basic home repairs.

Dad, How do I?

Mom, How Do I?

Mom, How do I? is another YouTube channel with videos that can help you as you begin adulting, covering things like how to fold a fitted sheet (no, it's not just you; folding fitting sheets is a pain!), do the laundry, and gift wrap a present.

Mom, How do I?

Cooking

Food Safety

Cooking can be fun. Getting food poisoning, not so much. See this site for a quick rundown of the basics on food safety:

Food safety tips

Betty Crocker Recipe Finder

For tried and true recipes, try the Betty Crocker web site. Here you can search for recipes by ingredient, by meal, or by categories like "easy", "gluten free", "entertaining", or "kids' favorite":

Betty Crocker

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