She is in the same age range as my daughter and home ec was not "our" home ec. It was only a semester or maybe half a semester and it was a joke. I think they baked a cake, sewed a stocking (as in one seam, little felt thing) and that is about all I remember her doing. My daughter knew more than the teacher. I agree with Tiggersmom, start with basics. I found a website sewingsupport.com by just searching "learn to sew". There were several other sites, you might be able to get some ideas there.