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Home Base: Practical Arts and Life Skills

Grade 6-8 · Christian · NGSS/CCSS-aligned

Your kid learns to cook, mend, fix, clean, and manage money and time: by actually doing it in your house, one real skill a week, with you as safety net. The final exam is them running the household for a day while you relax.

What your child will learn

The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.

The Kitchenpeek inside ▸

Real cooking from safety and knife skills through owned breakfasts and a one-pot family dinner, plus grocery pricing and food storage; every week ends with something edible.

  1. Kitchen safety and the perfect scrambled egg

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about kitchen safety rules and cooking their first egg.

  2. Knife skills (the boring week that unlocks everything)

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about safe knife grips and three basic cuts.

  3. Breakfast, owned

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about cooking a full breakfast from a recipe.

  4. One-pot dinner

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about cooking and seasoning a one-pot dinner.

  5. The grocery game

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about planning meals and comparing food prices.

  6. Food keeps and food spoils

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about storing food safely and cutting waste.

Fix It, Sew It, Run Itpeek inside ▸

Buttons, mending and hems; the five household tools; hanging things level and small repairs; laundry start-to-finish and cleaning with a system.

  1. The sewing kit and the lost button

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about threading a needle and sewing a button.

  2. Mending and hems

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about mending tears and hemming.

  3. Tools: the household five

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about using basic tools and tightening what's loose.

  4. Walls, pictures, and small repairs

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about hanging things level and making small repairs.

  5. Laundry, start to finish

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about doing laundry from sorting to folding.

  6. Clean like you mean it

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about cleaning a room with a system.

Money and Life Adminpeek inside ▸

Where money flows, saving and interest, comparison shopping and ad-trick spotting, time budgeting, the paperwork of being a person, capped by running the whole house for one day.

  1. Where money comes from and goes

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about tracking where money comes from and goes.

  2. Saving up and the patience machine

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about saving toward a goal and how interest works.

  3. Comparison shopping and not getting fooled

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about comparing prices and spotting selling tricks.

  4. Time: the other allowance

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about tracking and planning their time.

  5. Paperwork of being a person

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about filling out forms and writing a letter that does a job.

  6. Capstone: run the house for a day

    Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about planning and running the household for a day.

From the parent guide

Your kid learns to cook, mend, fix, clean, and manage money and time: by actually doing it in your house, one real skill a week, with you as safety net. The final exam is them running the household for a day while you relax.

Unit 1 · what to expect

Real cooking from safety and knife skills through owned breakfasts and a one-pot family dinner, plus grocery pricing and food storage; every week ends with something edible.

The full guide covers all 3 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.

Ready when you are

Free for 30 days · then $29/mo or $290/yr for the whole family · Cancel anytime, no questions asked.

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Home Base: Practical Arts and Life Skills, Grade 6-8 Homeschool Curriculum