The term 'home schooling' basically refers to the process in which one or more children of not
more than 2 families are instructed by parents or legal guardians, or a member of either
household. The laws that define home schooling vary from State to State. The legal
requirements for establishing a homeschool also vary with the State.
For most children, the actual process of learning begins much before school. Many children
already know their alphabets, the names of animals, colors and other more complicated stuff
before they reach school. This is mostly due to the hard work of a member of the family who has
taken the time to teach the child. Home schooling is just a natural progression from here.
Instead of sending their children to a public school, parents make their own curriculum and
teach their children in ways that best suit the child. This is home schooling, in its most simplistic
form.
