A list of homeschool acronyms and abbreviations that will help you make sense of the shorthand homeschoolers use on social media and forums.

1. HOMESCHOOLING
Acronyms & Abbreviations
You Need to Know
from
Curriculum
T4L: Time4Learning
OM: Oak Meadow
MBTP: Moving Beyond
the PageBW: Brave Writer
IEW: Institute for Excellence
in Writing
T4W: Time4Writing
VSC: Vocabulary Spelling City
GWG: Growing with Grammar
AAR: All About Reading
S4U: Science4Us
RSO: Real Science Odyssey
CT: Critical Thinking Company
GVS: Global Village School
HO: History Odyssey
General Homeschooling
CM: Charlotte Mason
WTM: Well Trained Mind
YRS: Year Round Schooling
US: Unschooling also
Umbrella School also
Unit Studies
SAH: School-at-Home
WM: Waldorf Method
HS and HSing: Homeschool
and Homeschooling
MI: Multiple Intelligences
SH'er: Secular Homeschooler
PS: Public School
GT: Gifted and Talented
LD: Learning Disability
ISP: Independent Study Program
Miscellaneous
BUMP: BRING UP MY POST (keeps
a post trending without
adding additional content)
FS: For Sale WTB: Wanted to Buy
CP: College Prep
CC: Common Core
MS: Middle School
LA: Language Arts
NaNoWriMo: National Novel
Writing Month
SS: Social Studies
YO: Year Old (as in 8YO)
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
OT: Off-Topic