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| Library of Congress: 1939 Setting the Table in Home Economics Class, Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina |
I love Home Economics. I love everything about it. I fondly remember the classes I took in school, many years ago, to learn about keeping a home. I wrote about this, in - Teaching Home Economics Through Apprenticeship.
Starting today, this will be a new series. I am going to share with you how to teach home economics to your daughters. I am going to tell you exactly what I am doing with Amy (15). I will also share stories of what I did with my older two girls, now ages 20 and 22.
Here is a list of subjects I will cover:
1. Meal Planning on a Budget.
- Kitchen Inventory - The Pantry -
2. Frugal Grocery Shopping.
3. Cleaning.
- Heavy Cleaning -
- Domestically Challenged -
4. Organization.
5. Scheduling your time.
6. Child Care.
- Child Care -
7. Baking.
- The Wilton Anniversary Cake -
8. Cooking.
- More than just Homemade Ravioli -
9. Hospitality and Manners.
- The Breakfast Hostess -
- Supper Time with Precious Helpers -
10. Household Expenses.
11. Bank Accounts and Paying Bills.
12. Sewing and Mending.
13. Secretarial Skills - Being a Helper to your Family / Husband.
14. Nutrition.
15. Basic First Aid and Nursing.
- Homemaking Survival-
16. Laundry.
17. Beauty and Charm.
18. What I learned from My own Mother.
I will add more topics to this page as we go along. These will not be "how-to" posts, but personal stories in each category of what we are doing, here at home. I will also be writing several posts for each topic, over time. I want this to be a fun way to read about teaching these important skills to our girls.
[You can also read about training boys in Teaching Life Skills to Sons. ]
[ *Edited update - I am no longer posting on this regularly, but will add to this as I am able.*]
Blessings,
Mrs. White
** This post will serve as a permanent index. I will post links under each category as we go along. **
Find Home-keeping Inspiration, in Mrs.White's book -Mother's Book of Home Economics . Paperback, 312 pages.
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5 comments:
Teach home economics to our children!With school cutbacks it seems we are not teaching our kids the fundamentals of feeding and taking care of a family....oh we teach them nutrition in theory but with both parents working these days a lot of kids are growing up not knowing how to cook and clean ,budgeting time and money to raise a family and hold a marraige and kids together.
Well done for writing on this subject:)
I can`t wait! I`m home-schooling my 16 yr.old daughter.This is coming at a great time.I did`nt know where to start. Thank-you!!!
I'm so happy you're going to be covering this. Home Ec is one thing I dread teaching my children, simply because my mother never really taught me and I'm terrible at it, even now. I can't wait to read your tips and ideas...one of my priorities is to make sure my children are more prepared to keep their own home than I was.
I just stumbled upon your blog today and love it. It is so great that you are doing the series on Home Ec. Yesterday I started putting together a Home Ec program for our 11 year old daughter to work on once a week. Looking forward to your future posts.
Blessings
Diane
Sounds like a good outline for another book!
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