In today's world, academic achievement often takes priority over the art of homemaking in the education of girls. This hands-on curriculum gives young ladies the practical training they'll need to manage a household of their own. Help your daughters learn about food preparation, basic nutrition, hospitality, sewing, and more before they're faced with planning an evening meal or sewing on a button! 60--70 pages each, 10 softcovers from Christian Light Education.

Academics have become so much the focus in a girl’s high school life that many a girl graduates without knowing how to make an evening meal or use a needle to sew on a button. I was one of these girls. Happily, I married a man who was gracious at the supper table (most of the time). He couldn’t help laughing at my cooking sometimes. I remember one particularly heavy round loaf of bread that he curled up in his arm like a discus ready to be thrown across a field at a track meet. It was funny. However, he laughed louder than I did.

Many homeschooling mothers strive to give their daughters a well-rounded liberal arts education. At the same time, they understand the value of training their daughters to be homemakers. If you are looking for an inexpensive course in home economics, consider this one published by Mennonite believers. The art of godly homemaking is one of their specialties.

Ten consumable worktexts comprise this curriculum. I’m not partial to worktexts but with these the student does more than read and fill in the blanks. She is directed to take part in the hands-on learning opportunities, to practice the skills being taught. The first section of the course covers food preparation, basic nutrition, smart shopping, and hospitality. Next, in gentle steps, the student gets ready to sew; she is introduced to the sewing machine, is taught how to follow a sewing pattern, and then masters the details of making clothing. There is a section on child development and caring for children. I disagree with only a few points of doctrine presented in the material. Overall, I believe the entire course, but especially the last section, is a wonderful complement to my revised edition of Beautiful Girlhood. The last section offers guidance in becoming a godly woman—a woman of inner beauty. It encourages a girl to seek wisdom, to grow spiritually and have a closer relationship with God. Friendships, modesty, singlehood, and Christian courtship are also briefly discussed. This is the kind of practical help so many of us would have liked to have had before we were married. Approx. 60–70 pages each, 10 softcovers from Christian Light Education.

—Karen

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