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 curriculum
BBOB "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 Pennsylvania
CC "Classical Composition"
CCC "Christ-Centered Curriculum," a Christian curriculum
CGC "Considering God's Creation," a Christian science curriculum
CLE "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 text
EG "Easy Grammar"
ETC "Explode the Code," series of phonics workbooks
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
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
GSA "Great Science Adventures"
GTG "Galloping the Globe"
GWG "Growing With Grammar
GWS "Growing Without Schooling," the oldest home schooling magazine
HBJ "Harcourt, Brace & Javonovich," secular curriculum publisher
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"
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 education
IEW "Institute for Excellence in Writing"
ILL "Intermediate Language Lessons"
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
abbrevation for "Internet service provider")
ITBS "Iowa Test of Basic Skills," a standardized achievement test given to schoolchildren, much like
the Stanford Achievement Test
JAG "Junior Analytical Grammar"
KAH "Training our Daughters to be Keepers At Home," same as TOD
KF "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 LLATL
LIA "Life in America"
LLATL, LLAL "Learning Language Arts Through Literature," language arts curriculum using excerpts
from literature as the foundation for all aspects of language
LMS "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" and
more)
MCP "Modern Curriculum Press," a curriculum publisher
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 be confused 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. Use MkMM or MMdM instead of MMM to be
clear.
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 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"
nt "no text," the subject line contains the entire message
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"
PL "Prima Latina"
PLL "Primary Language Lessons"
PP "Prairie Primer," unit-study curriculum based on the Little House series of books
PS "public school"
PSS "public school system"
R&S "Rod & Staff," a Christian curriculum publisher
RGAA "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 Testing
Service

(2) "Stanford Achievement Test," an achievement test used in primary and secondary grades to evaluate
student 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"
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 program
SV "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
emphasis
TOG "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 Howshall
YRS "year-round schooling"

AAH: All American History

LL: Lightning Literature
HOAC: 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 daughter
ds = 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 Teachers
ANWOA = A New World of Adventure
AO = Alpha Omega - Christian curriculum publisher
AOL = America On Line
ASL = American Sign Language
ATTA = All Through the Ages
ATAW = A Trip Around the World
ATIA = Advanced Training Institute -Bill Gothard
AWOA = A World of Adventure
B4FIAR = Before Five In a Row - preschool curriculum
BBOB = Big Book of Books
BBOP = Big Book of Projects
BFIAR = Beyond Five-in-a-Row - upper elementary curriclum
BJ, BJU, BJUP = Bob Jones University Press
BF = Beautiful Feet - Christian curriculum publisher
BITM = Blessed is the Man
BTS = Building Thinking Skills
CBD = 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 Me
DG = Daily Grams
EA = Exploring America
EEaH = Early Education At Home
EFTTC = 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 Righteousness
FLL = First Language Lessons
FUFI = Further Up and Further In - Narnia study
GCB = Great Christian Books
GSA = 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 Wisdom
HS = homeschool, also "high school"
HSing = homeschooling
HSer = homeschooler
HSLDA = Home School Legal Defense Association
HWT = Handwriting Without Tears
IBLP = Institute Biblical Life PrinciplesBill Gothard
IEP = Individualized Education Plan
IEW = Institute for Excellence in Writing
ILL = Intermediate Language Lessons
IRA = International Reading Association
ISP = Independent Study Program
ITBS = Iowa Test of Basic Skills - standardized test for schoolchildren
KAH = Training our Daughters to be Keepers At Home
KOTF = Keepers of the Faith
LA = Learning Adventures
LD = learning disabled
LDS = 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 History
MOTH = 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 Network
NEA = National Education Association
NL = Newsletter
OBE = outcome based education
PLL = Primary Language Lessons
PP = Prairie Primer - unit-study curriculum based on the Little House books
PS = public school
PSS = public school system
Q&A = question and answer
RGAA = Remembering Gods Awesome Acts
RGCC = Remembereing Gods Chosen Children
RME = Reading Made Easy
RR = Reading Reflex
R&S = Rod & Staff - Christian curriculum publisher
SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test
Saxon = Saxon Publishers
SE = Simply English
SG = Simply Grammar
SL = Sonlight
SN= Simply Numbers
SOS = Switched on Schoolhouse from A/O Alpha Omega
SOT = School of Tomorrow
SOTW = Story of the World
SOW = Student of the Word
SP = Simply Phonics
SSRW = Sing Spell Read & Write
SWB = Susan Wise Bauer, co-author of TWTM
SV = 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 Learning
YRS = year-round schooling

More below
Abbreviation Definition

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

AAS "All About Spelling"

ACE "Accelerated Christian Education"

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

ACT
and universities

ADHD "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"

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

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

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

AG "Analytical Grammar" or "activity guide"

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

AO "Alpha Omega," a Christian curriculum publisher

ASL "American Sign Language"

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

ATAWA
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

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

B4FIAR
Five in a Row
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

"Beyond Five-in-a-Row," upper elementary literature-based curriculum,

BFIAR
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

"Building Thinking Skills," published by The Critical Thinking Company;

BTS
sold through Bright Minds

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

(1) "Classical Composition"

CC (2) "Classical Conversations"
(3) "Community College"

CCC "Christ-Centered Curriculum," a Christian curriculum

"Considering God's Creation," a Christian science curriculum published by

CGC
Eagle's Wings

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

"Core Knowledge," publisher of the NTK books (What Your Nth Grader
CK
Needs to Know)

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

CLE
Light Publications

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

CLP
(2) Christian Light Publications

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

CPM "college preparatory materials"

CS "Christian school"

CW "Classical Writing"

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

DG
Grammar curriculum

Drawn Into The Heart of Reading, a Christian literature program for ages 7-
DITHOR 15 (for use with multiple ages at the same time), published by Heart Of
Dakota Publishing

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

DK available through many retail providers and through Family Books at Home,
a direct sales company in the Penguin Group

EA "Exploring America"

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

EEaH
and kindergarteners; published by At Home Publications

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

EFTTC
by Greenleaf Press

EG "Easy Grammar"

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

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

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

"Explode the Code," series of phonics workbooks published by Educators

ETC
Publishing Service

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

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

FIAR
4-8 published by Five in a Row

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

 "First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind," written by Jessie
FLL
Wise, published by Peace Hill Press

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

FUFI
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 ..."

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

GLP
books

"Geography Matters," publishers of Uncle Josh's Outline Maps and other

GM
geography helps

Galore Park, UK publisher whose guiding principle of their books "is that
GP they 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

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

HBJ 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"

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

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

HO
geography of given time periods. Published by Pandia Press.

HOW "Heart of Wisdom"

(1) "high school"

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

HSing "home schooling"

HSer "home schooler" or "high schooler"

HSLDA "Home School Legal Defense Association"

"Homeschool Tracker," home school planning and record keeping software;

HST HST may refer to either the free Basic version or the Plus version (see also
HSTP)

"Homeschool Tracker Plus," home school planning and record keeping

HSTP software; the Plus version contains additional features not found in the free
Basic version

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

"Individualized Education Plan," mandated for students in some categories

IEP by 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

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

"independent student program" (note that in the general Internet community,

ISP
ISP is a common abbreviation for "Internet service provider")

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

ITBS 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

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

KBC
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

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

LC1
4th-9th, published by Memoria Press

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

LC2
4th-9th designed to follow Latina Christian I, published by Memoria Press

LCC "Latin-Centered Curriculum"

LD "learning disabled"

LFBC "Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum"

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

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

LIA "Life in America"

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

LLAL
LLATL)

"Learning Language Arts Through Literature," language arts curriculum

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

"Living Learning Books," an elementary science curriculum based on the

LLB
WTM cycle

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

"Lifestyle of Learning," a free monthly newsletter discussing the topics in

LOL WWOL (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"

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

MkMM
be confused with the one below with the almost identical name

"Math Made Meaningful," a commercial mathematics curriculum, not be

MMdM
confused with the one above with the almost identical name

MME "Math Made Easy"

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

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

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

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

"National Assessment of Education Progress," a testing program in reading,

NAEP
writing, math, and science conducted by ETS for the federal government

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

NCTE
has established guidelines for English curricula

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

NCTM
that has established guidelines for math curricula

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

NEA largest association of schoolteachers, functioning as a labor union in states
that permit collective bargaining

NHEN "National Home Education Network"

NL "newsletter"

"National Writing Institute", publishers of Writing Strands and Reading

NWI
Strands

"outcome-based education," a program of purported school reform

(variously described as principally a management reform or principally a
OBE
curriculum reform) already mandated in several states, in experimental
implementation in various places

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

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

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

 published by Memoria Press

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

PLL
Classics Book Company

"Prairie Primer," unit-study curriculum based on the Little House series of

PP
books, published by Cadron Creek Christian Curriculum

PS "public school"

PSS "public school system"

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

PZ
in Writing (IEW).

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

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

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

RGAA
Eagles Wings

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

RGCC
Eagles Wings

RME "Reading Made Easy," by Valerie Bendt

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

RR
Press

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

RS 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 by
Educational Testing Service

(2) "Stanford Achievement Test," an achievement test used in primary and

secondary grades to evaluate student progress, published by Harcourt
 Assessment

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

Saxon
publisher

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

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

SG
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

"School of Tomorrow," published by Accelerated Christian Education

SOT
(ACE)

"The Story of the World," a four-volume history series written by Susan

SOTW
Wise 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

"Sequential Spelling," published by AVKO Educational Research

SS
Foundation

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

SV "Steck-Vaughn," a secular curriculum publisher

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

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

SWR "Spell to Write and Read"

SYRWTLF,
"So You Really Want to Learn French/Spanish/Latin," published by Galore
SYRWTLS,
Park, is a foreign language curriculum.
SYRWTLL

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

TATRAS
Vertical Phonics

TH "The Teaching Home," a home schooling magazine

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

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

TOG "Tapestry of Grace,"

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

TQ "TruthQuest," a literature-based history study

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

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

US "unit studies"

USB "Usborne," a publisher;

VP "Veritas Press"

"The Well-Educated Mind," written by Susan Wise Bauer, published by

WEM, TWEM
Peace Hill Press

"Winter Promise," a history curriculum based on "literature, activities, and

WP
memories"

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

 "Writing Strands," writing curriculum designed for preschool through high
WS school; written by Dave Marks, the founder of National Writing Institute
(NWI)

"Writing Tales," writing curriculum designed for use in home school or co-
WT
op settings for 3rd through 5th graders.

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

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

WWE for elementary-aged writers and older students who still struggle; published
by Peace Hill Press

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

YRS "year-round schooling"