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Accreditation

An accreditation is the procedure through which you obtain a certification. When choosing a homeschooling program it is important that it is accredited to ensure that the diplomas obtained will be ...

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Boxed Curriculum

Boxed curriculum are programs that provide parents with a homeschooling structure and blueprint. These curriculums will help you plan your homeschooling year, textbooks, workbooks, projects and any ...

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Cross-curriculum lessons

A cross-curriculum lesson is a lesson which teaches several subjects simultaneously.

Curriculum

A curriculum refers to all the materials that a child needs to cover in order to attain the grade in his specific homeschooling year. This may include the topics and the exercises that a child need ...

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Deschooling

Deschooling refers to the period of time that a child need to adjust himself to homeschooling after having left public schools. Normally it is assumed that a child may need around one month for every ...

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Field trips

These are educational trips that form part of homeschooling learning methods. This includes excursions to historic sites, museums, monuments and other places of interest. These trips are especially ...

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Home School Legal Defense Association

Home School Legal Defense Association : See HSLDA

Homeschool legal requirements

Homeschool legal requirements are all the legal requirements that a homeschooling parent may have to respect so that the homeschooling classes are recognized by the government. These requirements ...

Homeschooling

Homeschooling is a term that defines all kind of education that a child might receive outside the context of public and private schools.

Homeschooling support group

Support groups or homeschooling support groups or homeschooling groups are groups of homeschooling parents that have come together to share their experiences and worries and also help each other out. ...

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