One subject that has essentially been dropped out of the public education system is home economics, but as homeschoolers we have the opportunity to incorporate it into our every day. Here are some great resources to check out:
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Home Ec & Life Skills
- Home Economics Curriculum (2 year plan) by Bright Love
- Write Your Own Home Ec Curriculum on Bright Hub Education
- Teaching Home Economics for Free on Free Homeschool Deals
- 31 Days of Home Economics on Life is SEW Daily
- Ontario Teachers’ Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education (from 1916)
- A Free Full-Year Home Economics Curriculum for Girls by Plain and Not So Plain
- A Girl’s Problems in Home Economics (circa 1926)
- Resources for Teaching Home Economics on United Teaching Discoveries
- Teaching Life Skills on Education Possible – includes posts on goal setting, money management, schedules, shopping, and thank you notes.
- 15 Life Skills Essential for my Children on Real Life At Home
- Everyday Life Skills Your Teens Should Know on FamilyCircle
For a little chuckle, watch this video of Why Study Home Economics from 1955.
Cooking
- Kids Cooking Lessons – lessons for everyone from toddlers to teenagers
- Food Mini-Units on About.com Homeschooling
- Before You Cook Poster by Miss Daley
- Measuring Equivalents Chart by Liz and Ron
- Homeschool Recipe Worksheets by LearningKeeper
- Kitchen Safety Chart by Debbie Madson
- Kids Cook Real Food Course
- Free Sewing Lessons from Craft and Fabric Links
- Kids Sewing Projects – from preschool to teenagers
- Teaching Kids to Sew about About.com Sewing
- Beginner Sewing Lessons on A2Z Homeschooling
- Learn to Sew Kids Edition from Crazy Little Projects
- Sewing Tutorials for Beginners at Life is SEW Daily
Home Management
- Teaching Life Skills: Cleaning 101 on Jax in the Box – includes printable chore cards
- How to Teach Kids to Clean by Simple Homeschool
- Age Appropriate Chore Chart by The Happy Housewife
- Don’t Underestimate Your Kids – Maria Montessori’s Age Appropriate Chore Chart
Laundry
- Teaching Kids to Be Responsible for Their Own Laundry on Homemaker’s Challenge
- Daily Living Skills: Doing the Laundry: Vol 1 by Susan Traugh
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What a great resource! I’m hoping to purposefully incorporate some home economics into our next school year.
I’m looking forward to exploring some of these links. I love the simplehomeschool.net post on cleaning with little children. For cooking, I love the Anabel Karmel books at our library. They have step by step pictures of kids doing the cooking.
Thanks for sharing these resources that are working for you~! 😀
What an awesome resource! I love teaching my kids home ec and am pinning this to check out all the links later! Also, wanted to thank you for taking the time to link up at the Homeschool Linky Party Week 38! Hope to see you again next week!
What a great resources list. I’m bookmarking this page for later use as I plan the upcoming year. I recently heard about a book titled See and Sew that I’m looking to implement in our home economics.
You know, I never would have even thought about it. It seems like an oxymoron, me teaching them about cleaning. I think my husband would have a great laugh. But these are important life skills. Thanks so much for sharing on the #homeschoollinkup!
I know – I’m the same way. I’m a horrible housekeeper. LOL. I’m trying to teach my kids to be better than me (not sure I’m succeeding) so they can take over and I can do less. muhaha. 😀
Thank you so much – was looking for resources for this topic!
Hopefully you will find something perfect for your kids! 🙂