In addition to our core work of supplying period products to our partner schools, we also offer educational resources as these become available to us. When we begin a new school partnership, we offer a range of puberty education books for school libraries and counselors’ offices. We also offer students the booklet Passage: A Guide to Periods, supplied by our friends at Glad Rags. This resource covers biology, history, menstrual options, and more. It fits with our mission by providing a lively, positive approach to menstruation.
More recently, we have collaborated with Citizen Potawtomi kwe’k to create this educational resource for you, a video collage, Period Love! The Story of You. It explains what to anticipate when one has a period. We hope you enjoy the images, information, and music, share the video with your friends, and provide us with any feedback you have. We want to hear from you!
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the booklets on self care. We have been able to use these in our small groups and give them to individual students. We appreciate your attention to the needs that we face as we educate our students in this matter. Our students often are not prepared for the changes in their bodies and these booklets have been useful tools for us.
When we find educational resources that we think will benefit our communities, we will share them here. Please explore and let us know what you find most helpful and what resources we haven’t provided that you would like us to share!
Educational Resources Provided by Kwek Partners
Paper-Based Moon Time (Period) Tracker
Migwetch (thank you) to author Dr. Cindy Gaudet, illustrator Leah Dorion and publisher Mother Butterfly Books for the work you put into creating this journal. The Kwek Society encourages the use of a paper tracker over most all online period tracking apps, as operators of these online apps could be sharing or even selling your data to third parties.
Euki
Period tracking app
In late 2023 we began highlighting the Euki period tracking app as a secure means to track your period on your smartphone. You can learn more about its functionality and security features by visiting the Euki website and reading this resource. We welcome your feedback on this app.
The Pinkie Blog®
In late March 2025 we received our first donation of Pinkie Pads, a new organic pad marketed to teens and tweens. That’s when we became aware of the period education resources Pinkie shares in its “Pinkie® Blog.” We think the youngest menstruators we serve will be particularly excited to use these pads, and also will enjoy the “resources and how-to’s” offered in the blog.
Pinkie® Blog posts cover student-friendly topics such as “Can I play sports while on my period?” and “How to use a tampon: 5 easy steps.” We’ll be sharing a link to the blog posts when we share the donated pads.
Our thanks to Pinkie and to The Pad Project, our long-time friends who facilitated the Pinkie Pads donation, for helping us meet the needs of more young menstruators!
Guide to a happy period
From our friends at Access Period
What does a normal period look like? How do I manage pain? How do I use period products?
This English/Spanish guide from Access Period will help you answer these questions and more.
Empowering Students Through Menstrual Health Education
From our friends at Period Inc.
We are excited to have these informative, critical resources to share, and hope you’ll check out them out and publicize them across your networks.
📚 Classroom Curriculum: Period 101
Our friends at PERIOD. have created a curriculum for classrooms — a 5-part youth youth-friendly workshop for any student who needs an introduction to periods. Through this workshop, students will learn about:
- Periods and period stigma
- Period product options and how to use them
- Period pain and how to manage symptoms
- and more!
We are sharing this curriculum link and PERIOD.’s helpful Facilitator Guide — with the trusted adults with whom we partner at the schools we support.
🏅 Athletes and Periods: A Workshop for Student Athletes
Because no student should miss out on sports because they are on their period, we also are sharing with our partner schools PERIOD.’s “Athletes and Periods Curriculum,” a workshop designed to empower student athletes across their menstrual cycle.
🩺 For School Nurses: Addressing Period Poverty and Advancing Equity
And we are sharing with the dedicated nurses with whom we partner PERIOD.’s “Period Poverty and Menstrual Equity in U.S. Schools” colorful posters and workshop documentation, created for nurses and school nurses to
- Describe the impacts of period poverty and stigma on student engagement
- Increase awareness about period poverty and menstrual health education
- Consider practical opportunities to advance menstrual equity in their school community
Aunt Flow
Learn everything from how to use a pad to what causes a period.
Questions about how to use a pad or tampon?
Ready to learn more about periods?
Aunt Flow has resources explaining the timing of first periods, what causes a period, what to do for cramps, and why tracking one’s period is a good idea.
Educators might find these resources useful for students
(there are PDF and PNG versions of each).
Learn more about period poverty and its impact on U.S. students
Check out State of the Period 2021, a study commissioned by our friends at Thinx and PERIOD.
“The second State of the Period confirms that students are eager to learn more about periods, decrease stigma, and shift attitudes around menstruation. Overall, students do not think the narrative the world presents to them on their periods matches their personal experiences.
Students are calling for more open dialogue and creating a wave of activism around menstrual equity, and states around the country are beginning to provide free menstrual hygiene products in schools, along with wider calls for reform.”
Saalt.
Period Products
We now are receiving from Saalt regular donations of its menstrual cups. We don’t anticipate that very many of the students we support will want to – or be able to – use menstrual cups, but we are excited to have them on hand to offer students and eager to hear feedback from those who try them. According to Saalt . . .
In making its offer, the company also pointed us to its YouTube channel for instructions on cup use; we now are sharing this link with the students and staff receiving the cups.
Having these cups ready to share with menstruators resonates with our belief that everyone has the right to period products of good quality that are a joy to use during their moon time. Migwetch (thanks), Saalt, for this generous support!
Let us know what you think of these educational resources!