I think the majority of people who are interested in dreams expeiment with them in various ways without knowing anything about the official terminologies like dream incubation, lucid dreaming, reality checking, etc. I know I did when I was a kid. I didn't find out what lucid dreaming was until i was about 16 or so, after reading about it in a book.

Lucky for all now there is the internet and it makes finding info about such things much easier. You also get places like Dream Views to discuss such things with others interested in the same. Glad you found us and welcome to Dream Views if I haven't welcomed you already.