We start with the classic book, unabridged, and split it into smaller portions to create small wins! Especially for less confident readers.
Pollyanna Annotated to Teach Kids Old Fashioned LIFE SKILLS
Our Pollyanna series is the classic book split into four parts and FILLED fun DIYs that teach kids life skills like Pollyanna learned such as...
🧺Housekeeping & Homemaking
👩🌾Gardening
🍰How to Make Fudge & Cake
🧵How to Make Dolls
🪡How to Sew by Hand
🫙How to Make Calf’s Foot Jelly
🧶How to Crochet
🏥How to do Basic First Aid
🧶How to Knit
and more!
(View full syllabus below!)
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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.
Book 1: Pollyanna & the Little Attic Room
Pollyanna & the Little Attic Room
Chapter One
Miss Polly (Story Chapter)
Chapter Two
How to Wash Dishes & Shine Silver
- The Children's Library of Work & Play: Housekeeping, by Elizabeth Hale Gilman, (1911).
The Preparation
The Process
Silver Cleaning
Chapter Three
Old Tom & Nancy (Story Chapter)
Chapter Four
How to Start a Flower Garden: Your First Steps
- Gardening for Little Girls, by Olive Hyde Foster, (1917).
Big Words for Common Things
Plant Needs
The Seed Nursery
Rules for Indoor Planting
Familiar Annuals
Easily Grown Perennials
Hardy Flowers all Summer
Chapter Five
The Coming of Pollyanna (Story Chapter)
Chapter Six
The Little Attic Room (Story Chapter)
Chapter Seven
How to Set Up & Care for a Bedroom
- The Children's Library of Work & Play: Housekeeping, by Elizabeth Hale Gilman, (1911).
The Sequence
Washstands
Bed Making
Bathroom
Closets
Home Furnishing, Decoration & Care
An Imaginary Home
Chapter Eight
The Game (Story Chapter)
How to Prepare & Enjoy Bread & Milk
-The Laurel Health Cookery, by Evora Bucknum Perkins, (1911).
Benefits of Milk
- Public School Domestic Science, by Mrs. J. Hoodless, (1898).
Bread and Milk Before Bed
- What to Eat; How to Serve It, by Christine Terhune Herrick, (1898).
Chapter Nine
How to Make Dolls & Doll Things
- Home Occupations for Boys & Girls, by Bertha Johnston, (1908).
A Few Dolls
Clay-Pipe Doll
Clothespin Doll
Wishbone Doll
Peanut Doll
Yarn Doll
Cork Doll
Paper Doll
Rag Doll
How to Make Doll Houses
1. Cigar-Box House
2. Pasteboard-Box House
3. Soap-Box House
Tiling
Papering
Doll Furniture
Pictures & Clocks
Lamp
Stove
Windows
Doll’s Bedstead
Curtains
Telephone
Miscellaneous
Grocery Store
Merry-Go-Round for Dolls
Dolls’ Park
Rugs for Doll-House
Book 2: Pollyanna & the Question of Duty
Pollyanna & the Question of Duty
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Chapter One
- A Question of Duty (Story Chapter)
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Chapter Two
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How to Make Fig Cake & Fudge
The Cake & Biscuit Book, by Elizabeth Douglas, (1903).
A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl, by Amy L. Waterman, (1918). - Californian Fig Cake
How to Make Fudge
Cocoanut Fudge
Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate Fudge with Molasses
Chocolate Fudge with Brown Sugar
Fudge with Cocoa
Fudge with Coffee
Chocolate Walnut Fudge
Chocolate Pecan Fudge
Chocolate Almond Fudge
Chocolate Peanut Fudge
Chocolate Raisin Fudge
Chocolate Fig Fudge
Chocolate Date Fudge
Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Walnut Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Pecan Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Almond Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Peanut Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Raisin Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Fig Fudge
Chocolate Molasses Date Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Walnut Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Pecan Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Almond Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Peanut Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Fig Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Date Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Raisin Fudge
Chocolate Brown Sugar Marshmallow Fudge
Cocoa Walnut Fudge
Cocoa Pecan Fudge
Cocoa Almond Fudge
Cocoa Peanut Fudge
Cocoa Fig Fudge
Cocoa Date Fudge
Cocoa Raisin Fudge
Cocoa Marshmallow Fudge
Coffee Walnut Fudge
Coffee Pecan Fudge
Coffee Almond Fudge
Coffee Peanut Fudge
Coffee Raisin Fudg
Coffee Fig Fudge
Coffee Date Fudge
Coffee Marshmallow Fudge
Sour Milk Fudge
Brown Sugar Nougat or Pinoche
Vassar Divinity Fudge -
Chapter Three
Pollyanna & Punishments (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Four
How to Sew by Hand
Handicraft for Girls, by Idabelle McGlauflin, (1910). - Basting
Blind Stitch
Buttonholes
Combination Stitch
Darning
Stocking Darning
Cloth Darning
Gathering
Half-Back Stitch
Hemming
Overcasting
Overhanding
Running
Slip Stitch.—See Blind Stitch
Stitching -
Chapter Five
Pollyanna Pays a Visit (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Six
How to Make Calf’s Foot Jelly - The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia M. Child, (1832).
- Miss Beecher’s Housekeeper & Healthkeeper, (1873).
- The New Cookery Books III The Pudding & Pastry Book, by Elizabeth Douglas, The New Cookery Books.
- Calf’s Foot Jelly 1
Calf’s-Foot Jelly 2
Book 3: Pollyanna & the Boy
Pollyanna & the Boy
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Chapter One
Introducing Jimmy (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Two
How to Bear Another’s Burdens - Morning Bells: or Waking Thoughts for Little Ones, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
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Chapter Three
Before the Ladies Aid (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Four
How God Will Fight for You - Morning Bells: or Waking Thoughts for Little Ones, by Frances Ridley Havergal
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Chapter Five
In Pendleton Woods (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Six
How to do First Aid for a Broken Leg
The Mary Frances First Aid Book, by Jane Eayre, (1912). - Preface
At the Dolls’ Hospital
First-Aid Treatment for Broken Leg
Broken Bones or Fractures
There are Two kinds of Fractures
Treatment
Treat for “Shock.” -
Chapter Seven
Just a Matter of Jelly (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Eight
Dr. Chilton (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Nine
A Red Rose & a Lace Shawl (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Ten
How to Care for Your Hair & Crochet a Shawl for a Doll -
Care of your hair
It’s Fun to Sew a Cotton School Dress, Prepared by Theta Johson
Shampoo
Style
Brush & Comb -
How to Crochet
The Mary Frances Knitting & Crocheting Book, by Jane Eayre Fryer, (1918).
To Make a Chain Stitch
Doll’s Crocheted Necklace
To Make Single Crochet
To Make Double Crochet
How to Crochet a Doll’s Shawl -
Chapter Eleven
Just Like a Book (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Twelve
Prisms (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Thirteen
How to Use Light to Help the Sick -
Notes on Nursing: What it Is & What it Is Not, by Florence Nightingale, (1859).
Light is Essential to Both Health & Recovery
Aspect, View & Sunlight Matters of First Importance to the Sick
Without Sunlight, we Degenerate Body & Mind
Almost All Patients Lie with their Faces to the Light -
Chapter Fourteen
Which is Somewhat Suprising (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Fifteen
Which is More Surprising (Story Chapter)
Book 4: Pollyanna & the Automobile
Pollyanna & the Automobile
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Chapter One
A Question Answered (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Two
How to Make a House a Home - The Library of Work & Play: Housekeeping, by Elizabeth Hale Gilman, (1911).
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Chapter Three
Sermons & Woodboxes (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Four
How to be Willing & Glad - Morning Bells: or Waking Thoughts for Little Ones, by Frances Ridley Havergal.
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Chapter Five
An Accident (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Six
How Automobiles Work - Putnam’s Automobile Handbook, by H. Clifford Brokaw & Charles A. Starr, (1918).
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Chapter Seven
John Pendleton (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Eight
A Waiting Game (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Nine
A Door Ajar (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Ten
Two Visits (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Eleven
The Game & Its Players (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Twelve
Through an Open Window (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Thirteen
How to Knit - The Mary Frances Knitting And Crocheting Book, by Jane Eayre Fyer, (1918).
- To Knit Plain
To Slip a Stitch
How to Bind Off
How to Cast on Stitches with Knitting Needles
The Continental Method of Knitting
To Cast Off Stitches
To Increase or Add a Stitch in Knitting
To Decrease Stitches in Knitting
How to Make a Doll’s Knitted Shawl
How to Make a Doll’s Knitted Hood -
Chapter Fourteen
Jimmy Takes the Helm (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Fifteen
A New Uncle (Story Chapter) -
Chapter Sixteen
Which is a Letter from Pollyanna (Story Chapter)
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Look Inside the Books
Watch this video to look inside our books! Life skills, especially wilderness skills increase children’s 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!
View Our Sample Chapters of Pollyanna & the Little Attic Room
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 “school” methods of learning back to how children’s brains naturally learn:
1. Curiosity
2. Connections
3. Implementation.
In real life learning, we’ll 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 we’d like to learn more about. Then we’ll 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 “How to” is a Skills chapter. Take a brief look at those chapters so you’ll know what’s ahead.
Read the book together (starting with a story chapter). As you’re 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, it’s time to ask questions! Not “test” style questions, but conversational questions like….
- 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 they’d 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 you’re 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!