Home Ec Class
09-26-2010, 05:06 PM
#51
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Make it fun...Depending on her age, make a tote bag, apron, pajama pants, even a hand puppet. The first thing I learned was to sew straight lines on "cup towels" for the kitchen. You won't be able to teach her a lifetime of sewing smarts in a short time, but if you make it and keep it fun, she'll come back for more! There are some great ideas in this post, but try to make the things you teach her good, applicable life skills. Cooking good, nutritious food frugally is more important in our world than knowing how to set a lovely table and pour tea perfectly.(IMHO!)
09-26-2010, 05:32 PM
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i agree with all the suggestion Home Ec class is where i learned everything about sewing (except what i learned about quilting on here) we had to make an a line dress with a zipper and a applique on it for our test at the end of the semester
09-26-2010, 05:58 PM
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They call it Home & Careers now. They make pillows, pajama pants, &puppets for Ronald MacDonald House.They learn to read a package and understand the ingredients. They make cookbooks with ethnic food. They make chocolate and dog biscuits to sell. It is co-ed and they love it! (I was the Art teacher!)
09-26-2010, 05:59 PM
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They call it Home & Careers now. They make pillows, pajama pants, &puppets for Ronald MacDonald House.They learn to read a package and understand the ingredients. They make cookbooks with ethnic food. They make chocolate and dog biscuits to sell. It is co-ed and they love it! (I was the Art teacher!)
09-26-2010, 06:04 PM
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I want to thank all of ur for your suggestions and encouragement on this. I have been writing it all down making my "lesson plans". I am really looking forward to doing all of this. I will take pics and post them.
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