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ADD/ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Boxed Curriculum - A complete curriculum that is planned out for you, typically by grade level, that you purchase as a package.
Brick and Mortar school - An "away" school. A K-12 educational institution that is not a homeschool. :D
Charlotte Mason - An influential writer on the education of children. Also, education inspired by her approach and methods.
CHC - Catholic Heritage Curricula. A small family-owned Catholic homeschool publisher.
Classical - An approach that is based on the "classical" division of education into the "Trivium" and the "Quadrivium."
Compulsory age for education - The ages during which children are required by law to receive some kind of formal education. This may be fulfilled by a homeschool, private school, or public school.
Copywork -
Co-op
Curriculum
Dictation
Deschooling
Eclectic
Enrichment
HSLDA - Home School Legal Defense Association. The largest legal organization for the protection of home educators.
HWT - Handwriting without Tears
IEP
Lapbook
Learning Style
Letter of Intent
Living Books
Manipulatives
MUS - Math-U-See
MODG
Montessori
Multi-level
Narration
Notebooking
Outsourcing
Portfolio
Scope and Sequence
Secular homeschooling
Sequential
School-at-home
Standardized Testing
Transcript
Unit Studies
Unschooling/ Child-led
TAC
Year-round schooling