home school

See also: homeschool

English

Alternative forms

homeschool

Verb

home school (third-person singular simple present home schools, present participle home schooling, simple past and past participle home schooled)

To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.
I chose to home school my children.

Translations

educate children at home

Chinese:
Mandarin: 家庭教學, 家庭教学 (jiātíng jiāoxué)

Finnish: opettaa kotona (to teach at home)
German: zu Hause unterrichten (with acc. case), Hausunterricht erteilen (with dat. case), häuslichen Unterricht erteilen (with dat. case)

Noun

home school (plural home schools)

A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution.
(US, dated) A boarding school
- 1904, William Parker McKee, “Dean's Letter”, in Frances Shimer Quarterly, page 30:
  I do not know of any home school for girls, East or West, which has a more thoroughly up-to-date equipment for heating its buildings […] .

Translations

school within private domestic place

Finnish: kotikoulu

boarding school — see boarding school

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