Alphabet Soup

When first starting the homeschool journey, you may feel overwhelmed with abbreviations. Below is a list of abbreviations that you may come across, if you come across some not mentioned, please let me know.

Common Homeschooling Abbreviations
AWANA -- Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed (Children’s Bible Study Program)
CM -- Charlotte Mason
CPI -- Competent Private Instruction ("Competent private instruction" means private instruction provided on a daily basis for at least one hundred forty-eight days during a school year, to be met by attendance for at least thirty-seven days each school quarter, by or under the supervision of a licensed practitioner in the manner. The CPI category includes home schooled children who are not enrolled in independent private instruction and those in non-accredited nonpublic "schools.")
CS -- Christian school
HS -- Homeschool or high school
HSAP -- Home School Assistance Programs
HSLDA -- Home School Legal Defense Association
IG -- Instructor's Guide
IPI -- Independent Private Instruction (Private instruction means instruction using a plan and a course of study in a setting other than a public or organized accredited nonpublic school.)
LA -- Language Arts
OOP -- Out of Print
PS -- Public School
RA -- Read-Aloud
TE -- Teacher's Edition
TM -- Teacher's Manual
US -- Unit Studies


Common Homeschool Curriculum Acronyms 
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100EZ -- Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
AAR-- All About Reading
AAS -- All About Spelling
ABFIAR -- Above & Beyond Five in a Row
ACE -- Accelerated Christian Education
AG & AGJr -- Analytical Grammar/Analytical Grammar Jr.
AO -- Alpha Omega/Ambleside Online
AoPS -- Art of Problem Solving
ASL -- American Sign Language
ATS -- Advisory Teacher Service (Calvert)
BF -- Beautiful Feet Books
B4FIAR -- Before Five in a Row
BFIAR -- Beyond Five in a Row
BFSU -- Building Foundations of Scientific Inquiry
BJU -- Bob Jones University Press
BW -- Bravewriter
CGC -- Considering God's Creation
CHOW -- A Child's History of the World
CLE -- Christian Light Education
CLP -- Christian Liberty Press
CPO -- CPO Science
CT -- Critical Thinking Company
CTC -- Cantering the Country
DWN -- Draw Write Now
EP/EPAIO -- Easy Peasy: All-in-One
ETC -- Explode the Code
FIAR -- Five in a Row
FLL -- First Language Lessons
GDI -- Getty-Dubay Italic (Handwriting)
GTG -- Galloping the Globe
GT -- Gifted & Talented
GWG -- Growing with Grammar
HO -- History Odyssey
HoE -- Hands-On Equations
HOP -- Hooked on Phonics
HOTA -- Handle on the Arts
HWT/HWoT -- Handwriting Without Tears
IEW -- Institute for Excellence in Writing
LLATL -- Learning Language Arts Through Literature
LLB -- Living Learning Books
LFC -- Latin for Children
LNST -- Latin's Not So Tough
LOF -- Life of Fred
MBTP -- Moving Beyond the Page
MCP -- Modern Curriculum Press
MFW -- My Father's World
MCT -- Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum
MEP -- Mathematics Enhancement Programme
MOH -- The Mystery of History
MSB -- The Magic School Bus
MTH -- Magic Tree House
MUS -- Math-U-See
MWM -- Moving With Math
OPGTR -- The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
PP -- The Prairie Primer
QMM -- Quarter Mile Math
R&S -- Rod & Staff
RFH -- A Reason For Handwriting
RGAA -- Remembering God's Awesome Acts
RR -- Reading Reflex
RS -- Rosetta Stone (Foreign Language Curr.)
RS4K -- Real Science-4-Kids
RSO -- R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey
SL -- Sonlight
SM -- Singapore Math or Saxon Math
SOS -- Switched on Schoolhouse
SOT -- School of Tomorrow
SOTW -- Story of the World
SP -- Spelling Power
SSRW -- Sing, Spell, Read & Write
SWB -- Susan Wise Bauer
SSL -- Song School Latin
T4L -- Time4Learning
TOG -- Tapestry of Grace
TQ –- Truthquest
TT -- Teaching Textbooks
TUAC -- Train Up A Child
TWTM/WTM -- The Well-Trained Mind
UWH -- Usborne World History
VT -- VideoText
WG -- Winston Grammar
WP -- Winter Promise
WS -- Writing Strands
WWW -- Winning with Writing
WW -- Wordly Wise

Common Forum Abbreviations
BG -- Big Grin
BIL -- Brother-in-Law
BTDT -- Been There Done That
BTW -- By the Way
CTTD -- Cute Thing They Did
CTTM -- Cute Thing They Made
CTTS -- Cute Thing They Said
CTTT- Cute Thing They Tried
DD -- Dear Daughter
DH -- Dear Hubby
DS -- Dear Son
DW -- Dear Wife
FIL -- Father-in-Law
FS -- For Sale
FWIW -- For What It's Worth
HTH -- Hope this helps
IIRC -- If I Recall Correctly
IKWYM -- I Know What You Mean
ILs -- In-Laws
IMHO -- In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO -- In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO -- In My Opinion
IMVHO -- In My Very Humble Opinion
IRL -- In Real Life
KWIM -- Know what I mean?
LOL -Laughing out Loud
MEGO -- My Eyes Glaze Over
MIL -- Mother-in-Law
OTOH -- On the Other Hand
PM -- Private Message
ROTFL -- Roll On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLOL -- Roll On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
S -- Smile
SIL -- Sister-in-Law
TIA -- Thanks In Advance
TTFN -- Ta Ta For Now
VBG -- Very Big Grin
WTB -- Want To Buy
YKWIM- You know what I mean?
YMMV -- your mileage may vary