What did Mildred Taylor learn from her father?

Mildred Taylor is the novel's author. She is not a character, although, the novel is based upon her life experiences and things she learned from the older members of her family. Are you sure this is a Chapter One question?

I don't know lol.

Her dad taught her how to ride a horse, how to ice skate, how to blow soap bubbles, and how to tie a knot that met the challenge of the March winds, and how to bathe a huge dog named Tiny, he als taught her of hopes and dreams, and of herself. '