Vintage Childcare
Victorian Paper Dolls
Paper dolls have been around as long as paper. A simple way to keep children occupied the child could not only color the doll and outfits but take her hand at drawing her in the first place.
In the Little House on the Prairie books we hear Laura mention her mother making outfits for Mary and [...]
Homemaking for Little Girls
Founded in 1980 the Kitchen Garden Association was created to teach the homearts to children using kindergarten methods. This little section from an 1881 publication was for teaching how to set and wait on the dining table.
LESSON V DINNER-TABLE SETTING AND PRICKING
OH! HOW CAN A POOR LITTLE MAIDEN?
Oh ! How can a poor little maiden [...]
A Small Story with a Moral
In the life of Madame Swetchine we read the following account of the amusements of a clever child…
” The occupation of a courtier did not prevent Monsieur Soymonof from bestowing the most assiduous care on
the education of a daughter, who for six years was his only child. He was struck by the progress of [...]
