Have you ever wished you had a Mentor to help you teach your daughters (and you ) the practical skills and inspiration needed to manage a happy, organized household?
You've found it
The Girl's Guide to Home Skills is a comprehensive guide that will walk you and your daughters through every step of how to turn a house into a warm, inviting, organized home. Filled to the brim with practical, tried-and-true advice, it's the perfect way to teach home cleaning methods, organization skills and hospitality to daughters and young homemakers.
The Girl's Guide to Home Skills is divided into EIGHT comprehensive sections covering every area of the home: Cozy & Inviting Kitchens, Sparkling Clean Bathrooms, Lovely Living Areas, Provident Pantries, Organized Closets, Tidy Yards & Porches, and Genuine Hospitality. Each section includes checklists for daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal tasks, along with instructions on how to most effectively accomplish each job. Also included are hands-on assignments, side projects, recipes and more.
This guide is especially designed for teaching younger girls ages 8 - 14... but it's also perfect for homeschooling, small groups, or individual readers of any age who need some guidance in home domestics

DO YOUR BOYS KNOW HOW TO...
Sew a button back onto a shirt?
Do a load of laundry without ruining it?
Tie a man's tie?
Mop the floor & clean the bathroom?
Plant a garden?
Deal with emergencies?
Clean up their own messes?
Make guest feel at home?
Read a recipe & make it?
Whittle a stick or build a cabin?
Unclog a double sink or a toilet?
Make a budget & keep a savings ledger?
IF NOT, YOU NEED THIS BOOK
If you'd like your boys to learn all the skills mentioned above (and more), THE BOY'S GUIDE TO HOME SKILLS is the perfect "how to" guide. Designed for boys age 9-15, this manual provides a wealth of practical, old-fashioned boy know-how with enough information (and helpful illustrations ) on each topic to let your son try his hand at cooking, cleaning, gardening, building, whittling, camping, fishing and home repair - just to name a few. It also includes loads of recipes, basic sewing skills, and laundry information - for when Mom isn't home.
Dads can also get involved in some of the bigger projects, like building the log cabin and the split-rail fence. Dads may also want to test out the camping, hunting, or fishing sections with their sons, and help them stock their toolbox once it's completed.
A wide range of "hands on" projects, lessons and activities are included in this unique guide. It is perfect for homeschooling a basic "home economics" course, and a great guide for any family wanting their boys and young men to have practical, helpful skills on the homefront.

Reminiscent of the old-timey home journals kept by homekeepers of the past, The Homemaker's Mentor Treasury of Homekeeping Skills is to be passed from mother to daughter, or grandmother to granddaughter. It will be a treasured album of tried-and-true homekeeping skills, something fast becoming a lost art in our day.
Add your own Personalization... and it becomes a true heirloom
Delightfully illustrated and filled with practical, proven "hands on" advice and inspiration for the homekeeper, this volume also has plenty of room for you to personalize it with your own snippets, recipes and annotations, and pages to journal in your own handwriting, keeping the way "Mother always did it" from becoming forgotten in this ever-changing world. The information in this volume, plus the unique touch you can add to it, will make this a cherished heirloom treasured by family for years to come.
Topics included:
HOMEKEEPING: Cleaning - Scrubbing -Bedding & Linens - Laundry - Ironing
HOME DUTIES: Daily Duties - Duty ever at Hand - Children's Duty to Parents - Snippets & Clippings
HOSPITALITY: The Hostess - Preparing Hearth and Home - The Fare - Our Merry Guests FIRST AID
IN THE HOME: Medicinal Cupboard - Emergency Care - Burns and Wounds - Home Remedies - Family Medical History - Resources
GARDENING: Garden Basics - Vegetable Gardens - Herbs - Planting Records - Garden Sketches - Old fashioned Flowers - Harvest Bounty - Resources
COOKING & BAKING: Meal Times - The Pantry - Kitchen Tools - In the Kitchen - Well-planned Menus - Measuring - Butcher, Baker, Happy Homemaker - Family Recipes
RESERVES FOR THE FAMILY: Preparing for Emergency - Home Canning - Dehydration - Freezing - Recipes for Preserving - Reserve Records and Recipes
HANDIWORK: Sewing Basket - Basic Skills - Embroidery - Tatting - Stitching Projects - Quilting - Crocheting - Knitting - Patterns
BUSINESS OF THE HOME: Simple Home Repairs - Documents and Necessary Paper - Home Inventory - Frugality
FAMILY RECORDS: Sacred Union - Genealogies - Births - Marriages - Deaths - Family Crest - Family Creed - Mementos
...and much more

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