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Workbooks / Textbooks– Textbooks are just one part of a package of resource materials that includes: a scope and sequence, an educators’ manual with teaching strategies, a student book with content explanations and examples, and a practice workbook. These packages usually offer a workbook or an enrichment workbook that focuses on higher level critical thinking...

Notebooking – A method used to creatively journal or track homeschool studies and learning experiences by recording them on pages in notebooks or 3-ring binders. Natural Learning / Unschooling – Also known as student-led education, this is a teaching method in which students study those topics that interest them, rather than follow a pre-defined...

DE – Distance Education Provider – A school that enrols homeschooling children or families and offers services and curriculum supportive of home education. Deschooling – Refers to the period of time, also called decompression, when students (and family) adjusts after leaving a traditional school setting. This period can range from a few weeks to an entire year, depending upon the student’s needs. It has been estimated that a period of deschooling be allowed according to the following: 1 month of deschooling for every one year that the child has been attending...

BOS – Board of Studies Burnout is a term used to describe a parent or child who has become exhausted from the process of homeschooling.

Unit Study/ Thematic study– A cross-curricular educational approach in which learning is focused around a central, common theme. For instance, a unit study on cars would teach the development and use of early cars (history), major highways (geography), different engine types (science),etc. Proponents of the unit study approach suggest that using unit studies allows students to immerse themselves in a topic and see that topic as a “whole,” rather than learning bits and pieces throughout their education. Unschooling/Natural Learning – Also known as student-led education, this is a teaching method in which students study those topics that interest them, rather than follow a pre-defined...

TT can be Teaching Textbooks TTT or the Bluedorn’s is Teaching the Trivium by the Bluedorn’s TWTM is The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer Textbooks/ Workbooks– Textbooks are just one part of a package of resource materials that includes: a scope and sequence, an educators’ manual with teaching strategies, a student book with content explanations and examples, and a practice workbook. These packages usually offer a workbook or an enrichment workbook that focuses on higher level critical thinking skills. Thematic study / Unit Study– A cross-curricular educational approach in which learning is focused around a central, common theme. For instance, a unit study on cars would teach the development and use of early cars (history), major highways (geography), different engine types (science),etc. Proponents of the unit study approach suggest that using unit studies allows students to immerse themselves in a topic and see that topic as a “whole,” rather than learning bits and pieces throughout their...

SL is Sonlight SM can be Singapore maths SOTW is Story of the World (Bauer) School at Home – traditional schooling – A common beginning method of homeschooling in which a family attempts to simply recreate a conventional classroom education within their home. Many times this includes a boxed curriculum and can be somewhat of a rigid daily schedule.  Also referred to as Boxed curriculum or School in a Box or Pre-packaged Curriculum. Scope and Sequence – S & S An outline of skills and information to be taught, typically organised by grade level or by course. Provides information on what will be covered. Socialisation (The “S” Word) – Many homeschoolers are criticised as not providing appropriate socialisation, meaning the interaction found in a traditional school. As homeschoolers point out, traditional school’s artificial grouping by age, grade, and ability-level, is a dysfunctional and unrealistic situation compared to the socialisation of children within a family and more natural social groupings. Supplemental Resources – These are educational materials, field trips, and projects that are used to enhance the learning...

RB is usually Ruth Beechick Relaxed homeschooling – Relaxed homeschooling is a similar term to Unschooling but takes more of an eclectic or blended approach, fitting curricula and resources to each...

MMM us Making Math Meaningful MOH is Mystery of History by Linda Hobar MUS is Math-U-See

LA is sometimes the unit study program called Learning Adventures LA is also Language Arts (the subject of English) LLATL is Learning Language Arts Through Literature Lapbooking is a method of recording and tracking learning about a particular subject through the use of “foldables” which are then mounted and stored on file folders that have been refolded from a bi-fold form into a tri-fold form for better presentation. Often associated with Notebooking. Learning Methods – Learning methods focus on the way a person best takes in and processes information. Learning Styles – This includes Auditory (learning through listening and talking), Visual (learning through seeing) and Kinesthetic/Tactile (learning through movement and touch). LOL – A Lifestyle of...