Godly Womanhood--Homeschool Homemaking Class

This post is part of my Homeschool Home Economics Class series.

Godly Womanhood is a part of our Home Economics/Homemaking Class.  I schedule it as a part of each year's studies.  We do it once a week, usually on Fridays, though sometimes it gets pushed back to Saturdays.

We have a tea party, the girls and I.  We set the table nicely, often including a centerpiece or candle.  We serve drinks (sweet tea or soda) in nice teacups.  We try to either prepare a special dessert or purchase something as a treat to eat.  And we gather our current book to read from and discuss while we eat.

Right now we have been using  The Girlhood Home Companion Treasury.  Each tea time, we try to read one issue of the magazine.  Each issue normally features one theme, such as Gratitude, Courage, Trust, Forgiveness, or Patience.  There are several columns and articles dealing with the theme in each issue. 

As we read, we discuss how we can implement the theme in our own lives.  I make sure that I also am included in needing to be more patient, trusting, or thankful.  This is not a time to lecture a particular child, but rather a time of looking inward and choosing steps we each can take to transform our attitudes and actions.  At the next tea time, we each try to vocalize the steps we have taken since our last discussion and evaluate our success (or failures!).

I purchased our treasury of the Girlhood Home Companion from www.remembrancepressbookstore.com   They also sell other cds and books that would be useful for Godly Womanhood studies.