Welcome Back!
August means only one thing to us at LifeSmarts: the beginning of the new program year. Technically, August marks the “soft launch,” or beta period for www.lifesmarts.org, the portal to the program....
View ArticleLife Lesson #1: How I Learned to Put The Lotion in the (Waste) Basket
One of the reasons I love LifeSmarts is that we teach teens life lessons the easy way (rather than the hard way). We take that seriously, that’s why our motto is “Learn it. Live it.” And I wish I had...
View ArticleLife Lesson #2: What to Do When Getting In Your First Car Accident
Life Lesson: What to Do When Getting In Your First Car Accident BOOM! That was the sound that I heard when my car was slammed into when I was sitting at the red light coming home from work. Listening...
View ArticleWhat I Love about LifeSmarts
I love that it’s September and the competition is open for the year! I love when students tell me how much LifeSmarts means to them. I love when educators come back year after year – then I know we’re...
View ArticleLife Lesson #3: How I Learned the Drill at the Dentist
One of the reasons I love LifeSmarts is that we teach teens life lessons the easy way (rather than the hard way). We take that seriously, that’s why our motto is “Learn it. Live it.” And I wish I had...
View ArticleLife Lesson #4: How to Avoid Online Ticket Scams
It was my first spring break experience in college, and saying I was excited would be an understatement. My friends and I decided to head out to California for a weekend and we wanted to catch a Lakers...
View ArticleContent Vocabulary: The LifeSmarts Framework
Over the past few years we have begun designing new questions, learning activities, and online content around the concept of content vocabulary. This change targets the core of the LifeSmarts program:...
View ArticleCoach Note: New procedures, new resources
Coaches, Welcome back to another great year of LifeSmarts! The competition is open, and we want to share an update about the online registration and activation procedure that we believe simplifies the...
View ArticleLife Lesson 5: How I Learned to #TurnOutForWhat
One of the reasons I love LifeSmarts is that we teach teens life lessons the easy way (rather than the hard way). We take that seriously, that’s why our motto is “Learn it. Live it.” This time, I don’t...
View ArticleRecap of the DC LifeSmarts Training Camp
DC Training Camp: A Great Experience This past Friday we had our DC Training Camp at the Microsoft offices in the District of Columbia. The event featured public, private and home school students from...
View ArticleLifeSmarts Pinch Hits on Low-attendance Days
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and winter break in December, this seems like a great time to share ways to use LifeSmarts in the classroom to bridge low-attendance days. On those days you...
View ArticleMy Experience as a LifeSmarts Intern
LifeSmarts (and our parent organization, the National Consumers League) is joining thousands of other nonprofits in #GivingTuesday. To show how your donation will help our mission of consumer...
View ArticleLife Lesson #6: How I Learned to Pay Myself First
One of the reasons I love LifeSmarts is that we teach teens life lessons the easy way (rather than the hard way). We take that seriously, that’s why our motto is “Learn it. Live it.” And I wish I had...
View ArticleLifeSmarts Resources Recommended by Coaches
Successful LifeSmarts coaches shared with us how they use the resources found at www.LifeSmarts.org to practice with their teams. Here are some of their top resource picks and their tips: Students...
View Article7 Tips for a Winning LifeSmarts Team
Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Over the break the members of the LifeSmarts team were hard at work making sure that the 2015 Nationals will be the best one yet! In addition to our...
View ArticleWhat’s on the Test (aka State Competition)?
Teams advancing to the Missouri state competition asked their state coordinator to point them toward resources to use to prepare. Missouri State Coordinator Merilee Thoenen provided her teams with this...
View ArticleWeb Site Bug and Competition Extensions
UPDATE from the Webmaster at 4 pm EDT, February 4: The functionality for students to join a team is back! The deadline extension to Feb. 13 remains in effect. If you need our help in anyway, please...
View ArticleNews in the LifeSmarts: Financial Cybersecurity
One of the 7 Tips of a Winning LifeSmarts Team is to read the news and keep up-to-date on current events. Over the next ten weeks, we’ll be posting about certain “hot topics” that could likely show up...
View ArticleScores for Returning FBLA-NLC Participants
Attention FBLA-NLC competitive event participants: If players are having difficulty accessing quizzes or scores, try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies. The cookies that told the system that a...
View ArticleThe LifeSmarts Safety Smart connection
For the past two years LifeSmarts has partnered with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on its Safety Smart® Ambassador program to provide a way for LifeSmarts students to give back through community...
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