We start with the classic book, unabridged, and split it into smaller portions to create small wins! Especially for less confident readers.
Fairytale Series
is Annotated to Teach Kids Old Fashioned LIFE SKILLS
Our FAIRYTALE Homemaking book collection uses the beloved stories ofš Snow White,š Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast, and more to teach children how to: šļøMake & air beds properly, š§¹follow a childrenās cleaning schedule from 1911, š§¦do loundery off grid (from an early 1900s childrenās manual) šŖ”sew an apron, šbake bread, šøkeep accounts, šgrocery shop, and budget, š„recipes and wood stove cookery, š§ŗbasket weaving, šŗPottery, spinning,š start a rose garden š¦š£raising ducks and geese and MORE!
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How do the books work?
1. The Classic Story
2. The Life Skills
Every other story chapter, we insert a skills chapter that matches what the character is doing. For example: In the chapter where Aunt Polly talks to Pollyanna about sewing lessons, the following chapter has a real sewing lesson for kids!
3. The Results
Children and Families who read our books experience a stronger connection with each other, reduced anxiety, and increased confidence and capability!
The Syllabus: What Each Book Teaches Families
Click the drop down sections below to view the syllabus for each book.
Ash-Maiden (Cinderella)
Chapter One: The Ash Maiden
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
First Day: Christās Childhood
Chapter Two: Hard Work from Morning Till Night
- THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: HOUSEKEEPING by ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN (1911)
Cleaning Schedule & Cleaning Skills
Chapter 3: The Branch
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
Second Day: Our Great Example
Chapter 4: Cook
- A LITTLE COOK-BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL by CAROLINE FRENCH BENTON (1905)
Ways to Make Potatoes and Toasts
Chapter 5: All the Birds Beneath the Sky
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
Third Day: Upholding
Chapter 6: Lentils and Peas
- MOTHER NATUREāS TOY SHOP by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (1918)
Green Pea Toys and Green Pea Designs
Chapter 7: Silk and Silver Slippers
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
Fourth Day: What Can I Do?
Chapter 8 Light the Fires
- THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: HOUSEKEEPING by ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN (1911)
How to Make and Maintain Fires
Chapter 9: The Feast Continues
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
The 5th Day: Instruments
Chapter 10: The Golden Slippers
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
The 6th Day: Willing and Glad
Chapter 11: The Wedding
- MORNING BELLS OR WAKING THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE ONES by Frances Ridley Havergal.
The 7th Day: Faithfulness
Snowdrop (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs)
Snowdrop (Snow White)
Chapter 1: Snowdrop
Chapter 2: The Seven Dwarfs
Chapter 3: Cook
- COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS by OLIVE HYDE FOSTER (1910)
Good Things for Breakfast
Chapter 4: Laces
Chapter 5: Make the Beds
- THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: HOUSEKEEPING BY ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN (1911)
Making Beds and Other Upstairs Work
Chapter 6: The Comb
Chapter 7: Do the Washing
- THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: HOUSEKEEPING BY ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN (1911)
Doing the Laundry
Chapter 8 The Apple
Chapter 9 Sew: Making an Apron
- THE HOME-MAKING SERIES: CLOTHING AND HEALTH AN ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOK OF HOME MAKING by HELEN KINNE and ANNA M. COOLEY, B.S.(1920)
How to Sew an Apron
Chapter 10: The Prince
Beauty & the Beast (NEW!)
Chapter 1: The Merchant & His Family
Chapter 2: How to Budget & Keep Accounts
- A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING BOOK FOR A LITTLE GIRL Or, MARGARET'S SATURDAY MORNINGS BY CAROLINE FRENCH BENTON (1906)
How to Grocery Shop How to Keep Household Accounts - THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY HOUSEKEEPING BY ELIZABETH HALE GILMAN (1911)
How to Budget and Keep Household Accounts
Chapter 3: The Beast
Chapter 4: How to be a Good Guest
- GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM BY GELETT BURGESS (1900)
Chapter 5: How to Survive in Bad Weather
- HOW TO CAMP OUT BY JOHN M. GOULD (1877)
How to Keep Warm - CAMPING FOR BOYS BY H. W. GIBSON (1913)
How to Forecast the Weather -
WOODCRAFT BY E. H. KREPS (1919)
How to Navigate in Bad Weather
Chapter 6: The Agreement
Chapter 7: How to Grow Roses
- THE CHILDRENāS BOOK OF GARDENING BY MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK AND MRS. PAYNTER (1909)
Chapter 8: The Dream
Chapter 9: How to Make Lovely Things out of Roses
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DESSERTS AND SALADS BY GESINE LEMCKE (1920)
Wild Rose Cake Recipe
Rose Glaze - CHOCOLATE AND COCOA RECIPES BY MISS PARLOA AND HOME MADE CANDY RECIPES BY MRS. JANET MCKENZIE HILL (1780) Rose Chocolate Creams
- THE STILL-ROOM BY MRS. CHARLES ROUNDELL AND HARRY ROBERTS
Scent Bags/Sachets - A BOOK OF FRUITS & FLOWERS SHEWING THE NATURE AND USE OF THEM FOR MEAT OR MEDICINE (1653)
How to Preserve and Candy Roses
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Queen Bee
Chapter 1: The Younger Brother
- WORK FOR WOMEN by GEORGE J. MANSON
Quote From the Book
Chapter 2: Bee Behavior
- BEES by E. F. PHILLIPS, Ph. D. (1911) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. FARMERS' BULLETIN 447
Bee Behavior
Chapter 3: The Castle
- THE BEE-KEEPERāS MANUAL by HENRY TAYLOR
Caring for Bees
Chapter 4: A Brief History of Bees
- MYSTERIES OF BEE-KEEPING EXPLAINED by M. QUINBY (1853)
History of Bees
Chapter 5: The Queen Bee
- THE BEE-KEEPERāS MANUAL by HENRY TAYLOR
Robber Bees
Chapter 6: My Experience With Bees
- MAKING HOME PROFITABLE by KATE V. SAINT-MAUR (1912)
The Author Shares her Experience Working with Bees
Chapter 7: The Production of Honey & Wax
- BEES by E. F. PHILLIPS, Ph. D. (1911) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. FARMERS' BULLETIN 447
Chapter 8: Construction of the Beehive
- A MANUAL: OR AN EASY METHOD OF MANAGING BEES BY JOHN M. WEEKS (1837)
How to Make a Hive for Bees
Chapter 9: On Feeding Bees
- A MANUAL: OR AN EASY METHOD OF MANAGING BEES BY JOHN M. WEEKS (1837)
How to Feed and Winter your Bees
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Look Inside the Books
Watch this video to look inside our books! Life skills, especially wilderness skills increase childrenās confidence and reduces anxiety! Our Books are full of activities and information to boost your child's capabilty and confidence while introducing them to classic literature!
What Parents Are Saying
Parents everywhere love using our books to teach their kids life skills, and enjoy classic literature together!
Are You a Homeschool Family?
Here's an example step-by-step workflow of how we, and many of our readers, use our books to homeschool!
- Overview
- Step One
- Step Two
- Step Three
- Step Four
- Step Five
EXAMPLE WORKFLOW: The Nitty Gritty of Using the Books
Immediate Goal: To help kiddos train their brains to draw connections between stories, life, skills, and learning. To help children learn HOW to learn from books. To connect as a family. To develop old fashioned skills.
Main Goal: The goal with this particular style of learning is to retrain the brain from āschoolā methods of learning back to how childrenās brains naturally learn:
1. Curiosity
2. Connections
3. Implementation.
In real life learning, weāll often be talking to a friend, reading a book, watching a movie, going about an everyday task, or experiencing a problem, when we see something that sparks our interest that weād like to learn more about. Then weāll often research and then try it ourselves.
Examples:
A. Talking to a friend and them mentioning they made bread from scratch, then researching recipes, or requesting hers, and finally trying the recipe yourself.
B. Seeing someone knit a project on TV, then finding videos and instructions on how to knit, and finally knitting your first project.
Now for the Step-by-Step Workflow
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Use the table of contents at the beginning of each book to see what is taught. Everything that starts with āHow toā is a Skills chapter. Take a brief look at those chapters so youāll know whatās ahead.
Read the book together (starting with a story chapter). As youāre reading, the kiddos can have a notebook in hand ready to jot down anything the characters do or say that sparks their interest that they might want to research later. They could also doodle or draw what is happening in the story.
After reading the story chapter, itās time to ask questions! Not ātestā style questions, but conversational questions likeā¦.
- What was your favorite part about that chapter?
- Was there anything the characters did or say that you thought was interesting?
- Were there any objects or animals that you thought were cool?
- How did they solve the problem they were dealing with in this chapter?
Read the non-fiction/skills portion that corresponds, and voice connections + schedule the activity (opt.)
Example: in Chapter 3 of The Swiss Family Robinson the characters build a raft to get to shore after being shipwrecked. In chapter 4 is instructions from 1931 on different survival rafts and how to build them. Your little one can draw a design of a raft they would build as you discuss the different types, guess which ones would be most useful to the Robinson family etc. Together you can discuss and decide if this is the kind of project theyād like to try in real life (whether as a miniature or as a full sized project) and if they would, schedule it for the/a weekend.
This gives you a chance to plan, and prepare supplies over the week. It also gives an opportunity to teach kiddos project planning skills as you involve them in the planning process. Sometimes other skills may be added in to that same weekend project as you read. Like having a campfire (Chapter 9) after youāre done building the raft. Or they can research & follow other interests that might have been sparked by the book.
Doing the activity can be exchanged for, or supplemented by, watching a video about it on youtube!
We have some pre-vetted youtube videos that we've watched for you in our Farmhouse Library Membership!