Many years ago when my oldest daughters were about 10 and 15 a friend gave me this book to look through to teach homemaking to my daughters. It was Training Our Daughters to Be Keepers at Home.
I have been asked many times if there was a book or some type of curriculum that a mother could teach to her daughter covering much of the basics of homemaking (something that could even be added to the school year). I think that this book does a good job of covering many of the important topics. You can pick and choose what you’d like to do and it includes many projects.
Here is a description from a popular homeschool catalog:
“An ambitious seven-year program with day-by-day lesson plans to help prepare young ladies for the challenging task of managing their own homes. Considering the multitude of skills needed and diversity of jobs which are part of good home management, it is a formidable undertaking. This 601-page course incorporates both practical training in these skills and in developing Godly character through Scriptural study to enable girls to serve God as keepers at home (whether single or married). The program is meant to be used about 90 minutes per day, five days a week, during a 36-week school year. It’s not as much work as it sounds, though, since much of the course work is actual practice of the skills, not book-work. Courses include:
- Cooking
- Godly Womanhood
- Sewing
- Caring for the Sick/Injured
- Gardening
- Childbearing/Breastfeeding
- Braiding Rugs
- Child Development
- Hospitality
- Making a House a Home
- Child Training
- Flower Arranging
- Knitting
- Family Finances
- Crocheting
- Making Greeting Cards
- Embroidery
- Caring for Elderly
- Raising Animals
- Comfort Grieving
- Cross-stitch
- Family Celebrations
- Basketry
- Soapmaking/Candlemaking
- Home Business
Complete instructions are included for some areas (including directions for 23 projects), but some also require the use of outside resources (about 7 per year, as listed in the curriculum). Most of these can be borrowed from the library, but you may want to purchase some as a kind of “starter” for your daughter’s own home library.
You can pick and choose how you use this curriculum though, and sometimes moms even do this with a group of mom and daughters.
What a mom had to say:
“NOTHING LIKE THIS ELSEWHERE
I am very impressed by this well thought out curriculum (for seven years!) that will prepare a young woman in so many ways to live a fulfilling life. I love the idea of teaching my daughter such practical skills and knowledge that I wished I had known when I was growing up. Although I am still young, I put a high value on this curriculum, which will enable me to be able to teach myself at the same time I teach my daughter. This book gives me the tools I need and leads me to more other helpful resources. This is a must have for Christian homeschooling moms with daughters between the ages of seven and eighteen who value wisdom and practical knowledge such as cooking, sewing, knitting, taking care of older people, and so much more.”
If you have been looking for something like this you can find it HERE.
What are your favorite books to teach your daughter about homemaking?
Please share them in the comments below!
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