Topics and Projects By Year

(For a list of specific books used, please go to What Other Books Will We Need?)

Year One

Godly Womanhood - The King's Daughter

Sewing (basics) - pillowcase, hanging bulletin board, oven mitt, apron, quillow, totebag, patchwork placemat and napkins.

Cooking - Lunches and Snacks

Gardening (basics) - make compost pile, growing vegetables.  Projects from Square Foot Gardening (two garden blocks, plant protection cages, vertical support frames).

Knitting - hooded scarf, shawl, mittens, socks.

Greeting Card Making I - rubber stamping.


Year Two

Godly Womanhood - Dear Princess

Sewing (for yourself) - slip, jumper, nightgown, dress, coat, blouse, skirt.

Cooking - soups, muffins, bread.

Gardening (growing vegetables) - expand square foot garden to 6 - 8 blocks, cold frame, tunnel to expand growing season.

Knitting II - cardigan.

Home Management I - cleaning (includes list of chores for various age groups), laundry, dishes.


Year Three

Godly Womanhood - verse studies from the Bible.

Sewing - quilting.

Cooking - desserts.

Crocheting I - granny square doll afghan, crochet rub, handkerchief edging, doily.

Cross Stitch - sampler.

Family Finances I - uses How to Manage Your Money.

Flower Arranging

Basketry - projects from The Basket Book.


Year Four

Godly Womanhood - The Pursuit of Holiness and Victory Over the Darkness.

Sewing (for home and family) - mending, curtains, crib sheets, tablecloth, dust ruffle, sheets, pillowcases, throw pillow, throw pillow, slipcover, girl and boy dolls with clothes.

Cooking - casseroles.

Gardening - starting and transplanting seeds, saving seeds, growing trees and berries.

Embroidery - designs on tablecloth and pillowcases made in sewing unit.

Crocheting II - ripple afghan.


Year Five

Godly Womanhood - Hidden Art (of homemaking), A Day of Delight.

Sewing (for babies and children) - child's cap, bloomers, girl's blouse and jumper, girl's plain dress and apron, child's overalls, baby's layette and playwear (boy's jogging suit, hooded bunting, boy's footed PJ's, hooded PJ's, top, long nightgown, girl's long sleeve dress, boy's overalls, girl's pinafore, dress, boy's shorts playsuit).

Cooking - main dishes.

Gardening - preserving food (canning, freezing).

Training Children, Caring for the Elderly, Comforting Those Who Mourn

Family Finances II - Using Your Money Wisely, learning to live simply.


Year Six

Godly Womanhood - The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life.

Sewing (for men) - vest, shirt, trousers, farm coat.

Cooking - breakfasts.

Gardening - growing flowers and perennials.

Greeting Card Making II - calligraphy.

Hospitality

Home Management II - organization.

Home Business


Year Seven

Godly Womanhood - On the Other Side of the Garden and The Way Home.

Gardening - growing and using herbs (medicinal, for cooking, for crafts, harvesting and preserving)..

Braiding Rug

Making a House a Home

Caring for the Sick and Injured

Family Celebrations - holidays, birthdays, baby showers, anniversaries, ideas for gifts.

Motherhood - childbearing, birth, nursing, caring for infants and children.

Raising Animals - chickens, ducks, geese, sheep, goats, rabbits.  (Note:  this is an informational unit, although if you are able to raise any of these animals, you are encouraged to do so.)

Soapmaking and Candlemaking

Woman's Health - woman's anatomy, puberty, menstruation, nutrition, fertility awareness, miscarriage, menopause, growing older, cancer, hysterectomy, mastectomy, other women's conditions.

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