Training your daughters to be keepers at home

bonnie_2

I bought this book from farm and country general store in america and it is fantastic another home educator recomeneded it to me. It only took a week to come. It is an amish book a 7 year curriculum on every homemaking aspect you can think of an hour and a half of lessons a day, 5 days a week.
It workes out at £56 and is huge and will be a valuable rescource
It tells you how to make quilts, knit sew make candles and soap. herbal remedies the list is endless.

DrFluffy

Moneysaving Old Style, or traditional repressive propaganda?

Softstuff

DrFluffy wrote: »

Moneysaving Old Style, or traditional repressive propaganda?

I can't see that it would be less oppressive for women to only know how to reheat a ready meal. Surely no matter what the subject, knowledge is power.

I wouldn't mind seeing that book, Amish homemaking is an interesting subject.

CRANKY40

and theres nothing to say that we can't teach it to our sons just because of the book title.

Softstuff

CRANKY40 wrote: »

and theres nothing to say that we can't teach it to our sons just because of the book title.

or husbands

bonnie_2

The book is well worth the money if you work it out over 7 years. And it will teach me a thing or two as well. Its even got about family finances, looking after elderly reletives everything about womans health. child rearing and developement how to make herbal remedies and toiletries. rasing animals. every different craft imaginable. When home economics and morals are so lacking in todays schools a book like this is worth its weight in gold.

Gingernutmeg

I have this set of books, and I think it's really useful. I admit that they do have a strong Christian perspective but as I'm not using them to educate anyone (apart from myself lol) I don't really have an issue with that. To me, it's no different from having a copy of 'More with Less' and reading/cooking from that.

The reason I got these books is because although I can cook well, and can do basic knitting, hand-sewing and embroidery, I haven't got a clue about dressmaking and using sewing machines and it's something that I'd really like to learn about. I struggled to find an 'idiot-proof' guide - I found a lot of books assumed prior knowledge. I also don't have anyone to ask and so I found these books handy - they're written for young people so start from the very beginnings, and are written for homeschoolers and people in isolated situations so don't assume that you'll have someone on hand to answer questions. Very handy for me and I like the books. I also find them interesting from an 'anthropological' point of view, having studied the Amish and the Mennonites it's interesting to see how their educational philosophies work in action. Of course there are issues about repression and the propagation of ideas that may not be entirely healthy, particularly for women, but I still feel that there's much that can be learnt from these cultures, particularly when it comes to learning about crafts and skills that we have 'lost' in our society.

skintscotslass

gingernutmeg - can you remember roughly how much the postage was? Dressmaking is something I'd like to learn but I have no idea where to start.

Cheers

skintscotslass

Thought you'd like this...I went onto Amazon to look at Training Our Daughters to be Keepers at Home. I found it on the American Amazon and it gave me an option to find it on the UK site. When I clicked on, it couldnt find it so gave me a couple of suggestions, including Delia's How to Cheat :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Not quite what I was looking for :rolleyes:

Gingernutmeg

Umm ... not off the top of my head. I got them a while ago off ebay so the postage was (I think) about $20-ish, which was high (I think lol) but I got the books much more cheaply. I'm sure though that if you email any of the US sellers they'd be happy to email you a rough idea. Again as I got it off ebay it came marked as a gift so I didn't have to pay duty - I'm not sure about the situation regarding taxes/import duties on books so I'd be careful about that. Might be worthwhile seeing if it's on Amazon.com?

edit: I just had a look on Amazon and there's one set for $50, plus $12.49 international shipping ... so that makes it about £32. A bit dear, but I'm sure you could find it cheaper - I imagine that it'd probably be cheaper overall from Timberdoodle or somewhere like that.

skintscotslass

Cheers Gingernutmeg. I'll check out the postage with Timberdoodle.