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Issue 7: How to teach your child to quit and Women’s History Month 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

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr.
in “The Purpose of Education”

Two Tried & True Homeschool Tips

1. Have you taught your child when to give up yet? Read my latest article on this critical life skill.

2. Is it spring yet?! If February has you down, check out this article from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine for tips on beating the doldrums and shaking up your homeschool routine.


Three Can’t-Miss Educational Resources

1. As we turn the proverbial calendar page to March, check out these fantastic resources for learning about women’s history. Did you know that a woman couldn’t get a credit card in her own name in the U.S. until 1974?! Learn more about the history of women’s money rights here.

2. Learn about the first all-female town council in Utah that was elected as a “joke” but took the job seriously!

3. And how ’bout that Nellie Bly—a pioneering investigative journalist and a real-life Phileas Fogg who won a race around the world in 72 days, setting a world record!


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