Homesteading Lessons for Homeschoolers brings two of my favorite topics together! As homeschoolers we love natural learning and lessons that give life skills. Homesteading is part of our day to day lives and so much learning happens in homesteading lessons like math, planning, home economics, etc. You can bring homesteading lessons into your home even if you’re not a homeschooler and Angela England can show you how!
I was privileged to interview Angela England when I was pod-casting. Angela is a homeschooling mother of 5, and a backyard homesteader. She is also the author of Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) and a popular blogger on The Untrained Housewife.
Homesteading Lessons for Homeschoolers
Angela and I are talking about how to use homesteading lessons in your homeschooling. Angela explains how homeschoolers (or after-schoolers) can use their homestead to teach your kids important skills for life. She even has a free guide available as a companion to her book. The guide will take you through the book and using it as a text for your homesteading lessons. Super easy to use and adaptable for all ages, it is an awesome supplement to whatever curriculum you are already using. The guide gives homesteading lessons that include study prompts, discussion questions, hands-on activities and even field trip suggestions.
Come take a listen to our chat and see if homesteading lessons are for you!
Are you using your homesteading in your homeschool lessons? I’d love to hear about it, just leave a comment.
very cool
Sounds like a very helpful book. I’m just starting out and could use all the help I can get!
Now that I am house dad after being injured at work. I could use more information to help feed the family.
“Lessons in Homesteading for Homeschoolers,” what an AMAZING resource! Wish I had had this available when I homeschooled my son (35 years ago). I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, as did he, and it surprised me how little actual desk time it took to keep him way ahead of our public school’s requirements. What made it all work so well was the integration of daily life into what he learned during desk time. After a while, it became easy to make many of the ordinary things he was interested in serve as examples, illustrations and exercises without the usual classroom drudgery of “learning.” I have always encouraged those who were considering home schooling their kids to go for it. It may seem intimidating at first, but with the “Lessons in Homesteading for Homeschoolers,” there is now a real homeschooling parent’s mentor! Thank you!
Thanks for putting this topic together ~
Happy to do it. Angela’s book and companion are awesome!