Category: homeschool
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Raising Veggie-Loving, Self-Aware Kids (Without Forcing a Single Bite)
I’ve lost count of how many friends have said to me, “My kids don’t eat vegetables.” And yet, after a visit to our home, those same kids are often caught munching on raw kale, carrots, or cucumbers without a second thought. Why? Because kids are naturally curious. When we stop turning vegetables into a battle,…
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Secrets to Creating Great Minds: What Homeschooling Taught Me About Genius
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases—at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting A Bowl Full of Learners! What if the secret to great minds wasn’t found in textbooks, but in questions? What Do Great Thinkers Have in Common? Temple Grandin – A world-renowned scientist…
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A Recipe for Raising Thinkers
We Don’t Just Homeschool—We Question, Discover, and Grow Together I have a confession to make: I went to college for nearly ten years. I earned three degrees. But I didn’t truly know how to learn authenticity until I started homeschooling my children. Really, I learned alongside them. About eight years ago, I set out to…
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Nurturing Young Minds: 6 Powerful Types of Thinking
“The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.” – Bill Gates Sr. Decades of child development research confirm what many homeschooling parents already sense: the way we guide our children’s thinking early on has a lifelong impact. A child’s brain develops more than 1 million new neural…
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Why We Chose Homeschooling: Learning and Growing Together
A few days ago, after we finished weeding the garden together, I looked up from the soil just in time to see our 18-month-old picking mint leaves—tasting a few, then toddling over to share them with the chickens. Just a few feet away, our four- and six-year-olds were crouched under a broccoli plant, munching on…
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Growing Minds & Full hearts
Welcome to A Bowl Full of Learners I started this blog to create a space where learning, emotional balance, and nourishment go hand in hand—not just for our children, but for the ever-evolving humans raising them. With four bright, beautiful little ones at home, homeschooling is our everyday rhythm. It’s messy, meaningful, and full of unexpected lessons.…
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