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homeschool

homeschool

15 3.7
A way of teaching children at home instead of school
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌskuːl/
translation icon : educación en casa
  • Take a look at what you've got going on in your homeschool today.
  • homeschool teacher
  • homeschool group
  • provide effective homeschool

Like homeschool kids straight up can be weird socially.

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Examples

  • Income indeed affects the overall educational experience for the 18 percent of homeschool families whose finances fall below the $25,000 level.

    Academic text (2001)
  • They need to clean their own rooms, help fix meals, get in front of that computer to do their homeschool lessons.

  • So expect lots of homeschool content and activities to do at home.

  • I always thought the law gave parents the freedom to homeschool as they see fit.

  • His parents found a local church that provided a homeschool program.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Many parents are having to homeschool to be sure they are being taught properly.

    Blog text (12)
  • I've been in homeschool situations before, and some were great.

  • Pedagogues homeschool primarily because of what they believe will be the educational benefit to their children.

    Academic text (2001)
  • We were fortunate to stumble into a loosely knit local homeschool group, Telao.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Last January, we withdrew Aren from public school and enrolled him in an accredited homeschool program.

Synonyms

home study
vshomeschool
2 3.2

A course you do at home instead of in a classroom

is an ongoing system for educating children at home instead of formal schools

Surface Forms

homeschool singular
homeschools plural

Morphology

homeschool = home + school (transparent) = home + school

The meaning is a direct combination of 'home' + 'school' referring to schooling that takes place at home.

Etymology

Homeschool is a simple compound of home and school, so it literally means a 'school at home' where children learn in their house instead of in a regular school.