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to home-school

to home-school

26 3.5
To teach a child at home instead of sending them to school
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈhoʊmˌskuːl/
translation icon : educar en casa
  • She decided to home-school her son because she wanted to provide a tailored education.
  • home-schooled child
  • home-schooled student
  • parents who home-school

And I'm also home schooled and my mom says A's matter.

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Examples

  • A teacher serves as an educational advisor and home-school contact for certain students.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The number of children in each home school ranged from one to seven, with ages from three to seventeen.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Maybe I could home school him or something, catch him up a bit.

  • I have also spoken with other parents who home school and will speak of the joy it brings both them and their children.

  • Responses indicated that the mother was the primary teacher in every home school except two.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Maybe you should come back and be home-schooled again for a while.

  • By not working, I would be able to teach our son in a coordinated home-school team effort.

    Academic text (1992)
  • After Africa, their mother home-schooled them, and they are now fluent in many languages.

  • Parent-teacher conferences can either ensure a successful home-school relationship or detach the home environment from school operations.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I've met some amazing cruising families: children born on boats, home-schooled, brilliant, self-sufficient, fearless, wonderful children.

    Blog text (20)

Synonyms

to homeschool
vsto home-school
15 3.7

To teach a child at home instead of sending them to school

is identical in meaning but written with a hyphen

Surface Forms

home-school infinitive
home-schooled past participle
home-schooling present participle
home-schools third person singular

Morphology

home-school = home + school (transparent) = home + school

Clear compound of 'home' + 'school' meaning schooling that takes place at home, which is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Home-school is formed from home ('house where you live') and school ('a place for learning'), so it literally means to teach a child at home. A helpful way to remember it is that to home-school someone is to bring the school into the home.