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Issue 8: Beware the Ides of March, but why? Plus more Shakespeare goodies

1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
the 5-minute coffee companion you can’t start your homeschool day without.

One Inspiring Quote

"To teach is to learn twice." - Joseph Joubert
“To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert

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How to homeschool with ChatGPT—Your personal homeschooling assistant

How to use ChatGPT as your Homeschooling Assistant

If you’re anything like me, you’re addicted to coffee and writing something in order to procrastinate writing something more urgent. But, to be more on topic, you also view the rise of AI with a mix of intrigue and skepticism.

My biggest fear about using AI for homeschooling was being given bad information. (That and becoming a Matrix-esque pawn in the grand designs of my new digital master.) Of course, getting bogus info was the main argument against search engines when they were new, and we learned how to navigate them. So, I felt I should stay cautiously open-minded.

I began to explore, with suspicion, the capabilities of AI via the ultra-scientific method of screwing around with it. And, lo and behold, I discovered that this tool is good for more than just rewriting the Gettysburg Address in the style of Dr. Seuss. (But if you’re bored, it will do that, too.)

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Issue 4: How to discourage your kids, the One Thing Principle, and an “infinity” of resources

1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
the 5-minute coffee companion you can’t start your homeschool day without.

One Inspiring Quote

“We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations.”

– from Infinite in All Directions by Freeman Dyson

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The Power of Gameschooling

It’s all fun and games until someone learns something

Gameschooling is a homeschooling style that uses board games and card games to teach. And if you’ve never tried it before, trust me, it can change everything!

Gameschooling - It's all fun and games until someone learns something.
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