In educating children with disabilities, training for independence should begin early, and the "technology" may be very simple. This paper lists activities designed to increase gross, fine motor, cognitive, and eye-hand coordination skills needed for independent living. It encourages caregivers to engage young children in active learning experiences that help children begin to master their environment, by having them acquire life skills such as those preliminary to cooking, cleaning, and table setting. Eighteen learning activities are suggested. For example, have the child move from matching pictures or shapes to matching socks or putting silverware away, and have the child move from playing with push-button toys to operating radios, computers, or television remote controls. The paper also provides a checklist for writing Individualized Education Program/Individualized Family Service Plan goals and objectives for infants and young children, focusing on functionality, generality, instructional context, measurability, and hierarchical relation between long-range goal and short-term objective. (JDD)