I'm looking for a way to help people that can't read or write make out a shopping list?

Question

i have a adult boarder that can't read or write. i need to teach him how to grocery shop. any ideas?

Answer 1

the only suggestion I have is to teach them to read...beyond that you might go to the store a few times with them to help them learn where things are and where they can find their favorite foods. Maybe help them by using the pictures on the products and picking out key words to learn. Make sure they understand money.

good luck

Answer 2

A simple way to accomplish this is to cut out products from the newspaper ad for the store you are going to. If the product you want is not in the flyer, try the coupon section of the Sunday paper. You can also cut out labels of actual objects. Afix these items to a shopping list. At school, we also use a program called Boardmaker that has picture icons for various objects, but the actual pictures are better. You could also take digital pictures of items that he prefers and would buy. Since your adult boarder cannot read or write, using visuals is the way to go.

Answer 3

Grocery shopping is a very appropriate and functional place to start , as previous answers suggest, combine pictures with written words.
I use many materials which are symbols from Mayer-Johnson. They make a lot of computer based symbols which you can type in and the symbol appears, or the person selects symbols and the typed word appears, they have catalog of pictures grouped by category which saves loads of time. Check out the site. There is voice tutoring too so the person gains some independence in reading text because after a while they begin to actually read the words. I'm gonna assume you might be teaching phonics too...
(Anyone reading this with nonverbal clients might check it out too)

Answer 4

Picture boards! Make categories: bread/pasta/cereal, meat, fruit/veg, dairy, snacks. A little accordian file works well for this. For each category, clip pics from ads or mags and glue onto index cards. Each one should have a bit of velcro on the back--fuzzy side. Put the scratchy side -------------------way on a foldable laminated cardstock. All the pics of each category can be put on one row of the cardstock. This gets taken to the store, when an item is put in the cart, pull off the pic and put on an envelope that is permanently attached to the back of the cardstock.

Instant shopping list!

Answer 5

Make visual aids to show what the stores around you have that might be of intrest to your boarder. You could do taste samples too to let the person know what it is and what it looks like at the store if they want to shop for themselves.

Answer 6

You could try taking pictures of items that are bought on a regular basis, glue them to cards and laminate them. This way your boarder can pull out the cards showing items they need to buy.

Answer 7

when we were driving to the store, i would ask my kids to write up the shopping list i dictated. we homeschool, so this was a way i'd get them to practice writing/spelling. early on, both would draw pictures next to their words, in case i couldn't read 'em.

a map of the store might also help, showing where you'd expect the items to be. you might give each picture a number, then place each number on the aisle map.

Answer 8

A mini Recorder like doctors use to record info this will work until they learn to read and write Just press record -- Milk,crackers,bread,chesse. then play back at store.

Answer 9

why a shopping list. why not try to start out teaching the person the way you would teach a 1st grader

Answer 10

I use a tape or digital recorder, only cause I can't see the print