There are many ways to homeschool, with the different approaches referred to as homeschooling styles or types of homeschooling. Different styles work for different families because their situations and their children are different. One family may love an approach that doesn’t work at all for another family. People often start out with one approach and evolve to a different approach, or they combine aspects of several different styles and call themselves eclectic homeschoolers. A word of warning: it's not unusual for new homeschool parents to try to replicate school at home when first homeschooling; they often switch approaches when they encounter resistance.