With a lot of students at home for the time being, it’s a great time to make sure that your kids know valuable life skills. SANE is compiling resources you can use at home to help teach cooking, science, sewing, and more!
These links are for students of various ages, not just junior/senior high. Inclusion of a link should not be construed as an endorsement by SANE.
Baking / Cooking / Kitchen Skills
YouTube Channels
- Jamie Oliver (celebrity chef)
- #stayhome | NEW COOKING SKILLS playlist
- COOKING WITH KIDS | #KitchenBuddies playlist
- Laura in the Kitchen
- Bon Appétit – “Bon Appétit is a highly opinionated food brand that wants everyone to love cooking and eating as much as we do. We believe in seasonal produce, properly salted pasta water, and developing recipes that anyone can make at home.”
- Binging with Babish – “Follow along with my torso every week as I recreate the iconic and obscure foods from you favorite movies and TV shows, all in dazzling 4K. We’ll make some delicious dishes, have a little fun, and if you’re not careful, you might just learn a thing or two.”
- SORTEDfood – “A global community of food lovers helping each other cook and eat smarter every day. Whether you’re a total beginner cook or a well seasoned foodie, everything we do starts with you – so get involved!”
- Pick Up Limes
YouTube Videos
- How to Keep Kids SAFE in the Kitchen
- How to Hone a Knife from Ergo Chef
- OXO How to: Clean Your Shower
- OXO How to: Clean Your Refrigerator
Online Courses (Free)
Ideas / Lesson Plans
- 5 Lessons My Kids Are Learning In the Kitchen Right Now (Yahoo! News)
Projects (aka Dishes, Things to Eat)
- How to Make Easy Homemade Banana Bread from Wilton
- One-Pot Creamy Tuscan Chicken from GoodCook
- One-Pot Meatball Stroganoff from GoodCook
- Best Sandwiches in Air Fryer from Ergo Chef
- Use fire to push an egg into a bottle
- Leave secret messages with invisible ink
- Whip up a storm in a glass
Sewing
YouTube Channels
- Made to Sew
- Sewing for Beginners playlist
- Beginners Sewing Tutorials playlist
- How To: Measure playlist
- How To: Mark Fabric playlist
YouTube Videos
- Learn How to Sew, Easy Sewing Class for Beginners (Good Housekeeping)
- Singer Summer Sewing Camp playlist
Projects
- Easy Pleated Cloth Face Mask with Elastic or Ties (from Dritz)
- Get a Boys pillowcase sewing kit (includes fabric and pattern)
- Get a Girls pillowcase sewing kit (includes fabric and pattern)
- Get a Unisex pillowcase sewing kit (includes fabric and pattern)
Online Courses (Free)
- Learn to sew with a sewing machine (Udemy)
- Learn to sew (Udemy)
Articles
- A Beginners Guide To Sewing By Hand & Machine (from Sewing is Awesome)
Home Economics / FCS Ideas & Curricula
- Home economics course for free (from Plain and not so plain)
- How to homeschool home ec (from simplehomeschool.net)
- 31 Days of Home Economics (from Life is Sew Daily)
- The Home Arts and School (from Bright Love) (link to Google Document)
- High School Home Economics Electives and Ideas (from homeschoolgiveaways.com)
- Life Skills Curriculum (from Freedom Homeschooling)
Resources
- Homeschooling for Free and Frugal: Teaching Home Economics for Free (there are lots of links to other online resources here)
Do you know of other good resources for parents at home? Please let us know!