home school

Kitchen-table classroom

Home school means to educate children at home rather than sending them to a traditional school.

Parents who home school typically design their own curriculum or follow standardized programs: We decided to home school our kids through middle school.

Also spelled as one word: homeschool.

The practice and the students themselves are also called home school or homeschool: a home school family, She's a homeschool.

method

unschooling

Self-directed home education

eclectic · online learning · self-paced · individualized · flexible schedule · structured · hybrid · distance learning · virtual classroom · independent study

education

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

instruction · pedagogy · literacy · mathematics · science · history · geography · reading · writing · assessment

family

parent-teacher

Family-school liaison pair

one-on-one · family values · parental involvement · nurturing · bonding · patience · dedication · routine · living room · domestic

legal

compulsory education

Law-required learning for minors

regulation · documentation · attendance records · oversight · reporting · accreditation · rights · registration

Categories
Opposites
educational setting/institution type

home schoolpublic school

Free government-run education

boarding school · private school · state school · military school · parochial school

educational philosophy/approach

home schoolmass education

Teaching available to all

compulsory education · compulsory schooling

Family

homeschool, homeschooled, homeschooling

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