Home economics

All the skills from home economics you need to teach your modern kids now. Let's not lose these amazing vintage skills!

“Early cookbooks were fit for kings,” writes Henry Notaker at The Atlantic. “The oldest published recipe collections” in the 15th and 16th centuries in Western Europe “emanated from the palaces of monarchs, princes, and grand señores.” Cookbooks were more than recipe collections—they were guides to court etiquette and sumptuous records of luxurious living.

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Some household tasks can be put off, but meal planning and preparation have to be done each day. Here are tips for teaching your children about this life skill.

Southerners are proud of their schools. From tailgating to high school and college traditions, these stories about schools across the South will make you feel like a student again.

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Teaching parents how to Homeschool high school

Food safety lesson ideas for middle school and high school FCS and cooking in the classroom. This culinary arts blog post discusses food safety activities for students before cooking in the classro…

Here are some great ideas for you to get started! When you homeschool, consider the fact that your daily living is all in fact teachable moments. Yes, you may ask your child to fold their clothes or clean up their table dishes each day but there is a difference between chores and intentional home ec. Both are important, but the purpose is different. The way you teach your children home economics can be as informal or as formal as you like.