What is I.H.I.P.? It stands for INDIVIDUALIZED HOME INSTRUCTION PLAN. This is the document which is supposed to be written out for the state to accept your home-schooling life. This document contains the child's (or student's) subjects, curriculum, and syllabus. I think we all know what is the definition of "subject". It's the general word describing the thing/object of interest. What's our subject? It could be reading, writing, arithmetic, health, geography, etc. But what is curriculum? And syllabus? curĀ·ricĀ·uĀ·lum [kÉĖrikyÉlÉm] NOUN the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. synonyms: syllabus Ā· course of study/studies Ā· program of study/studies Ā· educational program Ā· subjects Ā· modules Ā· timetable Ā· schedule sylĀ·laĀ·bus [ĖsilÉbÉs] NOUN an outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching. "there isn't time to cover the syllabus...