sewgirlie Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Could anyone who has used this or at least looked at it in person comment on how it's set up? Is it daily lessons? How much information is in the book itself? Any other general comments about it? I can't get into the website for it and my request to join the yahoo group has been pending for weeks. Thanks so much! Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 My subscription has been pending indefinitely also :-( I think maybe they won't let me join anyway. I've been looking at Prepare and Pray and some Waldorf handcrafts, CLE homemaking, Pearables, The Encyclopedia of Country Living. I picked up The Golden Family Craft Treasury for $2.00 at the library sale today. But I think what I really want is TOD though, and to be allowed to at least listen, even if not post, at a forum. Sigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I did own this at one time. I don't think it had daily lesson plans but it did have units with time suggestions. It requires lots of other resources. The copy I had was a hardback book but it runs in my mind that about the time I sold it they had changed it over to a CD-ROM format. Maybe someone else has more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I don't know how much help this is, but I've got a handbook in front of me titled, Keepers at Home: A Handbook for Young Ladies We're not using it, so dh has listed it on his Amazon.com account. The handbook is divided into sections such as "Biblical Girlhood" (Scripture Memory, Prayer, Bible Reading, etc.), "Creative Skills" (Calligraphy, Candlemaking, Crochet, Dollmaking, etc.), "Homemaking" (Baking, First Aid, Cleaning, etc.), and "Recreational Activities" (Badminton, Bicycle, Ice Skating, etc.) Each entry has a summary of supplies needed, the purpose behind a skill, and instructions how to do it. It seems from the book that girls can win achievement awards for completing a certain number of activities. I believe it is tied to a club, on the general idea of Girl Scouts. That's about all I know! Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The hardback Keepers at Home book with the Holly Hobby like drawing is a Christian version of the Girl Scouts. Teaching Our Daughters is for older students, and something else entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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angela in ohio Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) The hardback Keepers at Home book with the Holly Hobby like drawing is a Christian version of the Girl Scouts. Teaching Our Daughters is for older students, and something else entirely. Exactly. We've used both extensively, and they are very different programs. :001_smile: I don't even know if the Yahoo group is still active? There used to be a site which had the TOC and many other details, but I can't turn it up in a quick search (just a lot of people who hate daughters being trained in homemaking :D.) I asked fro something to teach myself while teaching dds many, many years ago on the old board and one of the lovely ladies here recommended this to me. It was the perfect answer. It is set up as a 7 year curriculum. There are 36 weeks of lessons each year. The lessons are to be about an hour or so a day. If you start at 11, you can complete the entire program before your dd graduates. There is a set schedule, but we have used it just fine by rearranging topics to coincide with other things - like Keepers at Home - we were doing (and we didn't have room for a garden in the first years, so we saved those.) There are topics that run over many years (Godly Womanhood, Sewing, Gardening, etc.) and some that are one-time only (Basketry, Caring for the Sick and Injured, etc.) For an example, the first year schedule is: Godly Womanhood (7 wks) Sewing: basics (7 wks) Cooking: Snacks and Lunches (7 wks) Gardening: basics (7 wks) Knitting I (5 wks) Greeting Card Making I (2 wks) Review (1 wk) The majority of projects are in the categories of Godly Womanhood, Serving Others, Sewing, Fiber Arts, Cooking & baking, and Gardening. Each year, there are a few books that you buy to use with the program. For example, the first year, you buy The King's Daughter, a Sue Gregg cookbook, Square Foot Gardening, and a book on rubber stamping (we skipped the last one.) The idea is that you are building up your daughter's library of home-keeping books. The program uses the Sue Gregg cookbooks, so you can buy the set of one/two each year. Each year, Godly Womanhood is a different book study: The King's Daughter, Dear Princess, The Pursuit of Holiness, Hidden Art of Homemaking, etc. Year 7 has a long book-list, which will help a young woman continue learning. There are many directions in the TODKAH book, though you will need a pattern here or there. For example, in Sewing Basics, the directions and patterns for most projects are in the book, but you buy an apron pattern. There are many guides from the Extension Office included in the book. It is a very comprehensive program. A girl who completes it will know how to sew clothing for herself, dh, dc, and projects for the home; cook or bake any type of meal; knit, crochet, etc; make soap, baskets, etc.; manage her family's finances; grow her own food and preserve it; care for herself, her community, and her family (the later years cover childbirth and raising children.) Hopefully, that gies you an idea. :001_smile: Edited February 6, 2011 by angela in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Maybe someone should start a new, more inclusive yahoo group. It's the kind of curriculum that really makes for nice group chit chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Maybe someone should start a new, more inclusive yahoo group. It's the kind of curriculum that really makes for nice group chit chat. :iagree: I would join! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I started a group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TODKAH/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 For those looking for this, I saw that Rainbow Resource has it in book or CD format. I will be looking at this in a few years for dd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmwife Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I just joined, my oldest daughter is about to turn 10 so I figure I could get a copy and get started this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewgirlie Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hunter- great idea, I'm headed right over there to join! Angela- thanks for the great write up. I think I'll go ahead and purchase the CD. My daughter is very excited to start. Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handmaiden1 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 I've just seen this post I know it's an old one but did you ever get to find your information about the book training your daughter to be keepers at home? In the sewing lesson there are 35 lessons. There are so many interesting things in here raising animals, soap making and candle making home management greeting card making cooking and baking gardening food preserving, gardening flowers, cooking and baking casseroles, embroidery, crocheting, cross stitch, basketry, knitting one and two, godly Womanhood, hospitality, family finances, food preserving and many more. Under Hospitality there's five lessons each unit has a different amount of lessons it talks about working with herbs making bath products it's so so planning a funeral all kinds of different things. Definitely worth your while but extremely hard to find now. Amazon is offering one for $100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppingby Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Is there something like this for boys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malam Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Stoppingby said: Is there something like this for boys? Other than "Godly Womanhood" I don't think the rest of the leson are gendered unless you want them to be. $100 is certainly a tall order - maybe it would be cheaper to get books for each skill Much of th value of the book seems to b the skill list and book list so maybe someone who has it can give us a bibliography Edited September 25, 2022 by Malam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneGG Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I need this for myself. I’ve been trying to mend a sock for three months. 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I'm not really familiar with Keepers, but have you run into these folks? https://homemakersmentor.com/ It might be something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Stoppingby said: Is there something like this for boys? Maybe this? https://homemakersmentor.com/?page_id=158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 ^ I don't know these mentioned, but if you're talking about kids / teens learning life skills, our family loved Skill-Trek for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppingby Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks, I will look into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Again Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The super annoying title aside, I actually have my mom’s copy from the 1990s and reference it often. It actually is filled with practical instructions and articles. Definitely a conservative Mennonite and Amish influence but I can weed through that for the good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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