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Homeschool Abbreviations

Here is the list I use, some are repeated.ACE "Accelerated Christian Education"

ACT "American College Test," standardized test for entrance to some colleges and universities

ADHD "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"

ADD "Attention-Deficit Disorder," (ADHD is now preferred)AFT "American Federation of Teachers," a large association of schoolteachers (NOT the same as the

larger NEA), functioning as a labor union in states that permit collective bargaining

AG "Analytical Grammar" or "Activity Guide"ANWOA "A New World of Adventure"

AO "Alpha Omega," a Christian curriculum publisher

ASL "American Sign Language"ATAWA "A Trip Around the World"

ATIA "Advanced Training Institute" (Bill Gothard)

ATTA "All Through the Ages"

AWOA "A World of Adventure"

B4FIAR "Before Five In a Row," preschool literature-based curriculumBBOB "Big Book of Books"

BBOP "Big Book of Projects"BF "Beautiful Feet," a Christian curriculum publisher

BFIAR "Beyond Five-in-a-Row," upper elementary literature-based curriculum, ages 8-12

BITM "Blessed is the Man"BJ, BJU, BJUP "Bob Jones University Press," a Christian curriculum publisher

BTS "Building Thinings Skills," published by The Critical Thinking Company

CBD "Christian Book Distributors," mail-order book retailer in PennsylvaniaCC "Classical Composition"

CCC "Christ-Centered Curriculum," a Christian curriculum

CGC "Considering God's Creation," a Christian science curriculumCLE "Christian Light Education"CLP "Christian Liberty Press," a Christian curriculum publisher

CM "Charlotte Mason," 19th-century British educator; her theories

CPM "college preparatory materials"CS "Christian school"

CW "Classical Writing"

DG "Daily Grams"DK "Dorling Kindersley"

EA "Exploring America"

EEaH "Early Education at Home"

EFTTC "English for the Thoughtful Child," elementary grammar textEG "Easy Grammar"

ETC "Explode the Code," series of phonics workbooks

FAR "Far Above Rubies," Christian high school unit study curriculum for girlsFIAR "Five In A Row," lower elementary grades literature-based curriculum, ages 4-8

FIIR, FIR "For Instruction In Righteousness," a Doorpost product

FLL "First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind"FUFI "Further Up and Further In" (Narnia study)

GCB "Great Christian Books," mail-order/retail bookstore in Maryland


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GSA "Great Science Adventures"

GTG "Galloping the Globe"

GWG "Growing With Grammar

GWS "Growing Without Schooling," the oldest home schooling magazineHBJ "Harcourt, Brace & Javonovich," secular curriculum publisher

HEM "Home Education Magazine"

HM "Houghton Mifflin," a curriculum publisherHMSC "home school" (HMSC is useful as HS may be ambiguous)

HMSCing "home schooling"

HMSCer "home schooler"HOP "Hooked on Phonics," a commercial reading instruction curriculum

HOW "Heart of Wisdom"

HS "home school" or "high school"

HSing "home schooling"HSer "home schooler" or "high schooler"

HSLDA "Home School Legal Defense Association"

HWT "Handwriting Without Tears"IBLP "Institute Biblical Life Principles" (Bill Gothard)

IEP "Individualized Education Plan," mandated for students in some categories by federal law, intended

for all students under some planned implementations of outcome-based educationIEW "Institute for Excellence in Writing"

ILL "Intermediate Language Lessons"

IRA "International Reading Association," an organization of persons involved in reading instruction inschools

ISP "independent student program" (note that in the general Internet community, ISP is a common

abbrevation for "Internet service provider")

ITBS "Iowa Test of Basic Skills," a standardized achievement test given to schoolchildren, much likethe Stanford Achievement Test

JAG "Junior Analytical Grammar"

KAH "Training our Daughters to be Keepers At Home," same as TODKF "Kingfisher," a publisher

KOTF "Keepers of the Faith"

LA "Learning Adventures" or "Language Arts"LC "Latina Christiana"

LC1 "Latina Christiana I"

LC2 "Latina Christiana II"

LD "learning disabled"LFBC "Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum"

LFC "Latin for Children"

LGTW "Learning Grammar Through Writing," the grammar supplement to LLATLLIA "Life in America"

LLATL, LLAL "Learning Language Arts Through Literature," language arts curriculum using excerpts

from literature as the foundation for all aspects of languageLMS "Listen My Son," a Christian unit study curriculum for high school boys

LOL "Lifestyle of Learning," a free monthly newsletter discussing the topics in WWOL (note that in

the general Internet community, LOL is a VERY common abbreviation for "laughing out loud" andmore)

MCP "Modern Curriculum Press," a curriculum publisher

MFW "My Father's World"


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MkMM "Making Math Meaningful," a commercial mathematics curriculum, not to be confused with

the one below with the almost identical name

MMdM "Math Made Meaningful," a commercial mathematics curriculum, not be confused with the

one above with the almost identical nameMME "Math Made Easy"

MMM "Making Math Meaningful" or "Math Made Meaningful", two DIFFERENT commercial

mathematics curricula, with almost identical names. Use MkMM or MMdM instead of MMM to beclear.

MOH "Mystery of History"

MOTH "Managers of Their Homes"MUS "Math-U-See," a commercial mathematics curriculum

MWM "Moving With Math"

NAEP "National Assessment of Education Progress," a testing program in reading, writing, math, and

science conducted by ETS for the federal governmentNCTE "National Council of Teachers of English," a professional association that has established

guidelines for English curricula

NCTM "National Council of Teachers of Mathematics," a professional association that has establishedguidelines for math curricula

NEA "National Education Association," founded in the 19th Century, now the largest association of

schoolteachers, functioning as a labor union in states that permit collective bargainingNHEN "National Home Education Network"

NL "newsletter"

nt "no text," the subject line contains the entire messageOBE "outcome-based education," a program of purported school reform (variously described as

principally a management reform or principally a curriculum reform) already mandated in several

states, in experimental implementation in various places

OPG, OPGTR, TOPG, TOPGTR "The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading"PL "Prima Latina"

PLL "Primary Language Lessons"

PP "Prairie Primer," unit-study curriculum based on the Little House series of booksPS "public school"

PSS "public school system"

R&S "Rod & Staff," a Christian curriculum publisherRGAA "Remembering God's Awesome Acts"

RGCC "Remembering God's Chosen Children"

RME "Reading Made Easy"

RR "Reading Reflex"RS "Rainbow Science"

RS4K "RealScience for Kids"

SAT (1) "Scholastic Aptitude Test," a test used for college entrance published by Educational TestingService

(2) "Stanford Achievement Test," an achievement test used in primary and secondary grades to evaluatestudent progress

Saxon "Saxon Publishers", a secular math, science, and phonics curriculum publisher

SE "Simply English"SG "Simply Grammar"

SL "Sonlight," a home school curriculum

SM "Singapore Math"


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SN "Simply Numbers"

SOS "Switched on Schoolhouse" from AO

SOT "School of Tomorrow" (was ACE)

SOTW "Story of the World"SOW "Student of the Word"

SP "Simply Phonics"

SSRW "Sing Spell Read & Write," phonics and reading programSV "Steck-Vaughn," a secular curriculum publisher

SWB "Susan Wise Bauer", co-author of TWTM

SWR "Spell to Write and Read"TATRAS "Teach America To Read And Spell"

TH "Teaching Home," a home schooling magazine

TOD "Training Our Daughters to Be Keepers at Home," a Christian curriculum with a home economics

emphasisTOG "Tapestry of Grace"

TUAC "Train Up A Child," both a book and a listserv, although one has nothing to do with the other

US "Unit Studies"USB "Usborne"

VP "Veritas Press"

WEM, TWEM "The Well-Educated Mind"WRTR "Writing Road to Reading"

WTM, TWTM "The Well-Trained Mind"

WWOL "Wisdom's Way of Learning," a book by Marilyn HowshallYRS "year-round schooling"

AAH: All American History

LL: Lightning LiteratureHOAC: Hands of a Child (Lapbooks)

KBC: Knowledge Box Central (Lapbooks)

L&L: Live and Learn Press (Lapbooks)TT: Teaching Textbooks (Math)

FC: First Class

dd = dear daughterds = dear son

dh = dear husband

dmil = dear mother-in-law

100EL = Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

ACE = Accelerated Christian Education

ACT = American College Test -standardized test for college entrance

ADD = Attention-Deficit Disorder

ADHD = Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

AFT = American Federation of TeachersANWOA = A New World of Adventure

AO = Alpha Omega - Christian curriculum publisher

AOL = America On LineASL = American Sign Language

ATTA = All Through the Ages

ATAW = A Trip Around the World


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ATIA = Advanced Training Institute -Bill Gothard

AWOA = A World of Adventure

B4FIAR = Before Five In a Row -preschool curriculum

BBOB = Big Book of BooksBBOP = Big Book of Projects

BFIAR = Beyond Five-in-a-Row - upper elementary curriclum

BJ, BJU, BJUP = Bob Jones University PressBF = Beautiful Feet - Christian curriculum publisher

BITM = Blessed is the Man

BTS = Building Thinking SkillsCBD = Christian Book Distributors - mail-order book retailer

CCC = Christ Centered Curriculum

CGC = Considering God's Creation - Christian science curriculum

CIS = Compuserve Information Service - Compuserve online service

CLE = Christian Light Education

CLP = Christian Liberty Press - a Christian curriculum publisher

CM = Charlotte Mason - 19th-century British educator and her theories

CPM = College Preparatory Materials

CS = Christian School

CSBM Come Sit By MeDG = Daily Grams

EA = Exploring America

EEaH = Early Education At HomeEFTTC = English for the Thouhtful Child - elementary grammar text

EG = Easy Grammar

ETC = Explode the Code -series of phonics workbooks

FAR = Far Above Rubies - Christian high school unit study curriculum for girls

FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions

FIAR = Five In A Row - lower elementary curriculum

FIIR = For Instruction In RighteousnessFLL = First Language Lessons

FUFI = Further Up and Further In -Narnia study

GCB = Great Christian BooksGSA = Great Science Adventures

GTG = Galloping the Globe

GWS = Growing Without Schooling - homeschooling magazine

HBJ = Harcourt, Brace & Javonovich - curriculum publisher

HEM = Home Education Magazine

HM = Houghton Mifflin - a secular curriculum publisher

HMSC = "home school" or "home schooling"HMSCer = "home schooler"

HOP = Hooked on Phonics

HOW = Heart of WisdomHS = homeschool, also "high school"

HSing = homeschooling

HSer = homeschoolerHSLDA = Home School Legal Defense Association

HWT = Handwriting Without Tears

IBLP = Institute Biblical Life PrinciplesBill Gothard


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IEP = Individualized Education Plan

IEW = Institute for Excellence in Writing

ILL = Intermediate Language Lessons

IRA = International Reading AssociationISP = Independent Study Program

ITBS = Iowa Test of Basic Skills -standardized test for schoolchildren

KAH = Training our Daughters to be Keepers At HomeKOTF = Keepers of the Faith

LA = Learning Adventures

LD = learning disabledLDS = Latter Day Saints - Mormons

LFBC = Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum LGTW = Learning Grammar Through Writing

LIA = Life in America

LLATL, LLAL = Learning Language Arts Through Literature - language arts curriculum

LMS = Listen My Son - Christian unit study curriculum

LOL = Lifestyle of Learning -free monthly newsletter

MCP = Modern Curriculum Press -secular curriculum publisher

MME = Math Made Easy

MFW = My Father's World

MkMM (sometimes MMM)= Making Math Meaningful - commercial mathematics curriculum

MMdM (sometimes MMM)= Math Made Meaningful - commercial mathematics curriculum

MUS = Math-U-See - commercial mathematics curriculum

MOH = Mystery of HistoryMOTH = Managers of Their Homes

MWM = Moving With Math

NAEP = National Assessment of Education Progress - testing program conducted for the federal

government

NCTE = National Council of Teachers of English

NCTM = National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

NHEN = National Home Education NetworkNEA = National Education Association

NL = Newsletter

OBE = outcome based educationPLL = Primary Language Lessons

PP = Prairie Primer - unit-study curriculum based on the Little House books

PS = public school

PSS = public school systemQ&A = question and answer

RGAA = Remembering Gods Awesome Acts

RGCC = Remembereing Gods Chosen ChildrenRME = Reading Made Easy

RR = Reading Reflex

R&S = Rod & Staff - Christian curriculum publisher

SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test

Saxon = Saxon Publishers

SE = Simply EnglishSG = Simply Grammar

SL = Sonlight

SN= Simply Numbers


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SOS = Switched on Schoolhouse from A/O Alpha Omega

SOT = School of Tomorrow

SOTW = Story of the World

SOW = Student of the WordSP = Simply Phonics

SSRW = Sing Spell Read & Write

SWB = Susan Wise Bauer, co-author of TWTMSV = Steck-Vaughn - a secular curriculum publisher

TATRAS = Teach America To Read And Spell

TH = Teaching Home - home schooling magazine

TOD = Training Our Daughters to Be Keepers at Home - Christian curriculum

TOG = Tapestry of Grace

TUAC = Train Up A Child - book and listserv, not related

TWTM -- The Well Trained Mind (also WTM)US = Unit Studies

WRTR = Writing Road to Reading

WWOL = Wisdom's Way of LearningYRS = year-round schooling

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Abbreviation Definition

100EL "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons," a reading instruction book

AAS "All About Spelling"

ACE "Accelerated Christian Education"

ACT"American College Test," standardized test for entrance to some collegesand universities

ADHD "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"

ADD "Attention-Deficit Disorder," (ADHD is now preferred)

AFT

"American Federation of Teachers," a large association of schoolteachers

(NOT the same as the larger NEA), functioning as a labor union in statesthat permit collective bargaining

AG "Analytical Grammar" or "activity guide"

ANWOA"A New World of Adventure," the second book in the Learning Adventuresseries

AO "Alpha Omega," a Christian curriculum publisher

ASL "American Sign Language"

ATAWA"A Trip Around the World," published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Company, Inc. (item # 0811)

ATIA "Advanced Training Institute" (Bill Gothard)

ATTA "All Through the Ages," published by Nothing New Press

AWOA "A World of Adventure," the first book in the Learning Adventures series

B4FIAR"Before Five In a Row," preschool literature-based curriculum published by

Five in a Row


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BBOB "Big Book of Books," published by Dinah-Might Activities

BBOP "Big Book of Projects," published by Dinah-Might Activities

BF "Beautiful Feet," a Christian curriculum publisher

BFIAR"Beyond Five-in-a-Row," upper elementary literature-based curriculum,ages 8-12 published by Five in a Row

BITM "Blessed is the Man"

BJ, BJU, BJUP "Bob Jones University Press," a Christian curriculum publisher

BP "BiblioPlan for Families," a literature-based history curriculum

BTS"Building Thinking Skills," published by The Critical Thinking Company;sold through Bright Minds

CBD "Christian Book Distributors," mail-order book retailer in Massachusetts

CC(1) "Classical Composition"(2) "Classical Conversations"

(3) "Community College"

CCC "Christ-Centered Curriculum," a Christian curriculum

CGC"Considering God's Creation," a Christian science curriculum published byEagle's Wings

CHOW "Child's History of the World," by V.M. Hillyer

CK"Core Knowledge," publisher of the NTK books (What Your Nth Grader

Needs to Know)

CLE "Christian Light Education," a K-12 curriculum published by ChristianLight Publications

CLP(1) "Christian Liberty Press," a Christian curriculum publisher

(2) Christian Light Publications

CM "Charlotte Mason," 19th-century British educator; her theories


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CPM "college preparatory materials"

CS "Christian school"

CW "Classical Writing"

DG"Daily Grams," daily grammar review workbooks used in the Easy

Grammar curriculum

DITHOR

Drawn Into The Heart of Reading, a Christian literature program for ages 7-

15 (for use with multiple ages at the same time), published by Heart Of

Dakota Publishing

DK

"Dorling Kindersley," an illustrated reference provider; their products are

available through many retail providers and through Family Books at Home,

a direct sales company in the Penguin Group

EA "Exploring America"

EEaH"Early Education at Home," a curriculum guide for parents of preschoolers

and kindergarteners; published by At Home Publications

EFTTC"English for the Thoughtful Child," an elementary grammar text published

by Greenleaf Press

EG "Easy Grammar"

EPGY"Education Program for Gifted Youth," Stanford University project offering

multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses for K-college level.

ET "EduTrack," software for student progress tracking and reports to parents

ETC"Explode the Code," series of phonics workbooks published by EducatorsPublishing Service

FAR "Far Above Rubies," Christian high school unit study curriculum for girls

FIAR"Five In A Row," lower elementary grades literature-based curriculum, ages

4-8 published by Five in a Row

FIIR, FIR "For Instruction In Righteousness," a Doorpost product


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FLL"First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind," written by Jessie

Wise, published by Peace Hill Press

FUFI"Further Up and Further In," a study based on C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles

of Narnia; published by Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum

GCB "Great Christian Books," mail-order/retail bookstore in Maryland

GL "Greenleaf," usually as in "The GL Guide to ..."

GLP"Greenleaf Press," publisher of literature-based history study guides andbooks

GM"Geography Matters," publishers of Uncle Josh's Outline Maps and othergeography helps

GPGalore Park, UK publisher whose guiding principle of their books "is thatthey can be used by a pupil working alone." Curriculum includes the "So

You Want to Learn ..." foreign language series.

GSA "Great Science Adventures"

GTG "Galloping the Globe," published by Geography Matters

GWG "Growing With Grammar"

GWS "Growing Without Schooling," the oldest home schooling magazine

HBJ

"Harcourt, Brace & Javonovich," now Harcourt Trade Publishers, a secular

curriculum publisher (see also Wikipedia's entry on Harcourt Trade

Publishers)

HEM "Home Education Magazine"

HM "Houghton Mifflin," a curriculum publisher

HMSC "home school" (HMSC is useful as HS may be ambiguous)

HMSCing "home schooling"

HMSCer "home schooler"


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HOP "Hooked on Phonics," a commercial reading instruction curriculum

HO"History Odyssey," study guides of the literature, historical events, and

geography of given time periods. Published by Pandia Press.

HOW "Heart of Wisdom"

HS(1) "high school"

(2) "home school," use HMSC to be unambiguous

HSing "home schooling"

HSer "home schooler" or "high schooler"

HSLDA "Home School Legal Defense Association"

HST"Homeschool Tracker," home school planning and record keeping software;HST may refer to either the free Basic version or the Plus version (see also

HSTP)

HSTP"Homeschool Tracker Plus," home school planning and record keepingsoftware; the Plus version contains additional features not found in the free

Basic version

HSTUAC"Home School Train Up a Child," a mail list (unrelated to the book To Train

Up a Child)

HTTA "History Through the Ages," timeline figures available in print or on CD.

HWT, HWOT "Handwriting Without Tears"

IBLP "Institute in Basic Life Principles" (Bill Gothard)

IEP"Individualized Education Plan," mandated for students in some categoriesby federal law, intended for all students under some planned

implementations of outcome-based education

IEW "Institute for Excellence in Writing"

ILL "Intermediate Language Lessons," by Emma Serl


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IRA"International Reading Association," an organization of persons involved in

reading instruction in schools

ISP"independent student program" (note that in the general Internet community,ISP is a common abbreviation for "Internet service provider")

ITBS

"Iowa Test of Basic Skills," a standardized achievement test given to

schoolchildren, much like the Stanford Achievement Test; available through

BJU Press Testing and Evaluation

JAG "Junior Analytical Grammar"

KAH "Training our Daughters to be Keepers At Home," same as TOD

KBC"Knowledge Box Central", specializing in educational materials, including

lap books, copy workbooks, note booking pages, games, etc.

KF "Kingfisher," a publisher

KOTF "Keepers of the Faith"

KQ "Knowledge Quest," publishers of historical outline maps and timelines

LA "Learning Adventures" or "language arts"

LC "Latina Christiana," an elementary Latin series published by Memoria Press

LC1"Latina Christiana I," an introductory Christian Latin curriculum for grades

4th-9th, published by Memoria Press

LC2"Latina Christiana II," an introductory Christian Latin curriculum for grades

4th-9th designed to follow Latina Christian I, published by Memoria Press

LCC "Latin-Centered Curriculum"

LD "learning disabled"

LFBC "Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum"

LFC"Latin for Children," an elementary Latin series published by Classical

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LGTW "Learning Grammar Through Writing," the grammar supplement to LLATL

LIA "Life in America"

LLAL"Learning Language Arts Through Literature," (more information under

LLATL)

LLATL

"Learning Language Arts Through Literature," language arts curriculum

using excerpts from literature as the foundation for all aspects of language;published by Common Sense Press

LLB"Living Learning Books," an elementary science curriculum based on theWTM cycle

LMS "Listen My Son," a Christian unit study curriculum for high school boys

LOL"Lifestyle of Learning," a free monthly newsletter discussing the topics inWWOL (note that in the general Internet community, LOL is a VERY

common abbreviation for "laughing out loud" and more)

LP Latin Prep, published by Galore Park.

MCP "Modern Curriculum Press," a curriculum publisher

MEP "Mathematics Enhancement Programme," a free British math curriculum

MFW "My Father's World"

MkMM"Making Math Meaningful," a commercial mathematics curriculum, not to

be confused with the one below with the almost identical name

MMdM"Math Made Meaningful," a commercial mathematics curriculum, not beconfused with the one above with the almost identical name

MME "Math Made Easy"

MMM

"Making Math Meaningful" or "Math Made Meaningful", two DIFFERENT

commercial mathematics curricula, with almost identical names. UseMkMM or MMdM instead of MMM to be clear.

MOH "Mystery of History," published by Bright Ideas Press


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MOTH "Managers of Their Homes"

MUS "Math-U-See," a commercial mathematics curriculum

MWM "Moving With Math"

MWS "My World Science," an elementary science curriculum for homeschoolers

NAEP"National Assessment of Education Progress," a testing program in reading,writing, math, and science conducted by ETS for the federal government

NCTE"National Council of Teachers of English," a professional association that

has established guidelines for English curricula

NCTM"National Council of Teachers of Mathematics," a professional association

that has established guidelines for math curricula

NEA

"National Education Association," founded in the 19th Century, now the

largest association of schoolteachers, functioning as a labor union in states

that permit collective bargaining

NHEN "National Home Education Network"

NL "newsletter"

NWI"National Writing Institute", publishers of Writing Strands and ReadingStrands

OBE

"outcome-based education," a program of purported school reform(variously described as principally a management reform or principally a

curriculum reform) already mandated in several states, in experimental

implementation in various places

OPG, OPGTR,TOPG, TOPGTR

"The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading," written by Jessie Wise,published by Peace Hill Press

PHP"Peace Hill Press," publisher of The Well-Trained Mind and other books for

classical education

PL "Prima Latina," an introductory Christian Latin curriculum for grades K-3,


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published by Memoria Press

PLL"Primary Language Lessons," written by Emma Serl, published by Lost

Classics Book Company

PP "Prairie Primer," unit-study curriculum based on the Little House series ofbooks, published by Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum

PS "public school"

PSS "public school system"

PZ"Phonetic Zoo," spelling program developed by the Institute for Excellence

in Writing (IEW).

R&S"Rod & Staff," a Christian curriculum publisher (to place orders or to getinformation, call 606-552-4348; may also be ordered on-line through theAnabaptist Bookstore or through Milestone Ministries)

R.E.A.L. "Read, Explore, Absorb, and Learn Science"

RGAA"Remembering God's Awesome Acts," by Susan Mortimer, published by

Eagles Wings

RGCC"Remembering God's Chosen Children," by Susan Mortimer, published by

Eagles Wings

RME "Reading Made Easy," by Valerie Bendt

RR"Reading Reflex," by Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness, published by Free

Press

RS

(1) "Rainbow Science," written by Dr. Durell Dobbins, published by

Beginnings Publishing House

(2) Right Start math

RS4K "RealScience for Kids," published by Gravitas Publications

SAT (1) "Scholastic Aptitude Test," a test used for college entrance published byEducational Testing Service

(2) "Stanford Achievement Test," an achievement test used in primary andsecondary grades to evaluate student progress, published by Harcourt


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Assessment

Saxon"Saxon Publishers", a secular math, science, and phonics curriculum

publisher

SE "Simply English," written by Laurie Hicks, published by Shoe Lace Books

SG"Simply Grammar," written by Karen Andreola, published by Charlotte

Mason Research and Supply

SL "Sonlight," a home school curriculum

SM "Singapore Math"

SN "Simply Numbers," written by Laurie Hicks, published by Shoe Lace Books

SOS "Switched on Schoolhouse, published by Alpha Omega Publications

SOT"School of Tomorrow," published by Accelerated Christian Education

(ACE)

SOTW "The Story of the World," a four-volume history series written by SusanWise Bauer, published by Peace Hill Press

SOW "Student of the Word," a K-12 Bible-centered home school curriculum

SP "Simply Phonics," written by Laurie Hicks, published by Shoe Lace Books

SS"Sequential Spelling," published by AVKO Educational ResearchFoundation

SSRW"Sing, Spell, Read, & Write," phonics and reading program, published byPearson Learning Group / Modern Curriculum Press

SV "Steck-Vaughn," a secular curriculum publisher

SWB "Susan Wise Bauer", co-author of The Well-Trained Mind


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SWO"Spelling Workout," published by Pearson Learning Group / Modern

Curriculum Press

SWR "Spell to Write and Read"

SYRWTLF,SYRWTLS,SYRWTLL

"So You Really Want to Learn French/Spanish/Latin," published by Galore

Park, is a foreign language curriculum.

TATRAS"Teach America To Read And Spell," written by Frank Rogers, published by

Vertical Phonics

TH "The Teaching Home," a home schooling magazine

TOD

"Training Our Daughters to Be Keepers at Home," a Christian curriculum

with a home economics emphasis, written by Craig Ward, published bySmiling Heart Press

TOG "Tapestry of Grace,"

TT "Teaching Textbooks," a multi-media math curriculum

TQ "TruthQuest," a literature-based history study

TUAC

(1) "To Train Up A Child," written by Michael Pearl, published by Church at

Cane Creek / No Greater Joy Ministries(2) "Home School Train Up a Child," a mail list unrelated to the bookabove; use HSTUAC to be clear

US "unit studies"

USB "Usborne," a publisher;

VP "Veritas Press"

WEM, TWEM "The Well-Educated Mind," written by Susan Wise Bauer, published byPeace Hill Press

WP"Winter Promise," a history curriculum based on "literature, activities, andmemories"

WRTR "Writing Road to Reading," published by Spalding Education International


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WS

"Writing Strands," writing curriculum designed for preschool through high

school; written by Dave Marks, the founder of National Writing Institute(NWI)

WT"Writing Tales," writing curriculum designed for use in home school or co-

op settings for 3rd through 5th graders.

WTM, TWTM"The Well-Trained Mind," written by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise,published by Peace Hill Press

WWE

"Writing with Ease," Susan Wise Bauer's writing-instruction series designed

for elementary-aged writers and older students who still struggle; publishedby Peace Hill Press

WWOL "Wisdom's Way of Learning," a book by Marilyn Howshall

YRS "year-round schooling"

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