Homeschool Chat

[Disney Mommy 3]

How do you get the older kids to stay enthusiastic about it?

You don't. Just kidding!!! It does get harder as they get older.But, it's still doable. They just have to have 'an end in sight'. And usually with some type of reward. I think any kid who works hard and does their best should always be rewarded. Not every kid can make straight A's. But, if their best is a B+, treat them just as great!!!! that is their A+. We all do better with some kind of reward/goal, kids are no different.
I am sorry your daughter was treated so horribly!!! I am proud that ya'll are getting her where she needs to be---KUDOS!!! Are you gonna homeschool, or is this just to prep her for ps next year? Either way, make a big deal of how far she's come this summer.It will boost her confidence for whatever schooling she has coming up in the fall!!!

 

[littlepeppers]

I saw that this thread was started well over a year ago, so I hope it stays active! I'm also a homeschooling mom, with my first year now under my belt. Last year I taught kindergarten to my two sons and my niece. This coming year will be just me and my boys. We used Sonlight curriculum this past year, but I'm considering A.C.E (which is what I grew up with) now.

We're headed to All Star Sports on September 23- October 3rd, with our little family of six and my mom. Can't wait!

We will be at POP Sept 30-Oct 6. Got all of my ADRs done this morning w/ very few bumps.

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Wow, it seems like there are so many of you going in September!!! I hope it looks this way for next year when we go in September too. You guys should plan a little meet!! I did that on my past trip in May. There were a few of us that starting talking a lot through our pre trip reports. It was fun.

 

[wvdislover]

We'll be there in September, too! We'll be staying at the Beach Club Sept 15-26 Haven't decided about Homeschool Days yet. Not sure if my family would enjoy the activities for this year or not, or if the tickets will work out with the Free Dining package we already have, and don't want to give up (it's saving us over $1000!!!).

 

[mommyof2princesses]

We'll be there in September, too! We'll be staying at the Beach Club Sept 15-26 Haven't decided about Homeschool Days yet. Not sure if my family would enjoy the activities for this year or not, or if the tickets will work out with the Free Dining package we already have, and don't want to give up (it's saving us over $1000!!!).

We are doing free dining too. Our package only has 1 day park hopper tickets. Then we are using the 3 day PH tickets for homeschool days. (I also have tickets from other years) For free dining you only need to buy 1 day ticket for the package.

 

[bluesky225]

We will be there from the Sept 20 till Sept 27. Are you doing the homeschool days thing?



Where in Nc are you? We are in the Charlotte area and have lots of groups around us, too.



We are at POFQ while you are there. the 20-27. Lots of us going then.




With so many of us going, perhaps we ma run into each other! Are you doing homeschool days?

We are near Greensboro (in Graham). It seems like there are a lot of homeschoolers in NC now!

 

[littlepeppers]

We are doing a soft opening to our school year Monday.

We are going to take the lessons & split them 1/2 for the 1st week. DS said that he is escited to start the 2nd grade. I aksed him a trick question this morning. I asked if he thought he would like his teacher this year. He remembered that we were hs & said that the annoying little girl (DD - 2) wouldn't be good, but he liked the teacher.

 

[wvdislover]

We are doing free dining too. Our package only has 1 day park hopper tickets. Then we are using the 3 day PH tickets for homeschool days. (I also have tickets from other years) For free dining you only need to buy 1 day ticket for the package.

We need 10 day park hoppers, and the ticket packages for homeschool days don't have that many Otherwise, I'd maybe switch things around. I may still check on it, and see if they can offer me that large of a package. I would prefer to have tickets for each day we're there, in case we want to go for just the evening or for part of a day.

 

[wvdislover]

We are near Greensboro (in Graham). It seems like there are a lot of homeschoolers in NC now!

I used to live in Winston-Salem (family still there). My sister lives in Greensboro. I came to the NC Homeschool conference at the end of May. I wish homeschoolers here were as flexible as the ones we met at the NC conference. Most people here only do A Beka, BJU, Sonlight, or ACE. I am doing a different curriculum for every subject, and wish others would branch out more, too, so I'd have more to talk to them about concerning homeschooling. When I went to the used curriculum sales here, almost everything was A Beka and BJU A boxed curriculum just won't work for us.

 

[bentleygirl22]

Hey everyone... Well today was our first offical day of homeschooling!! It went very well!!


Anyone here from GA ?? We are still looking for a good hs group..

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We will be at Disney Sept 11-23 for the free dining & the homeschooling days
We will be staying at POP Anyone else going??

Amanda

 

[lori1043]

bentleygirl- we are going 9/12-9/19 for free dining. My kids ahve no idea and I hope to keep it that way! No homeschool days for us, b/c we just wanna chill and have fun-no planned stuff other than what parks which day and where we are dining at!

We are staying 7 nights, have 4 days PH's with water park and more-we plan on making ti to both water parks and Disney quest on the other days.

My hubby had 2 free flights accumulated so we are using those! Haven't flown there since Make a Wish in 2002. Drove there 3 other times. Houston is just so FAR from WDW. 10 hours drive was bad enough , esp for my hubby, who likes to fly, but that costs so much more!

We are moving to Houston and this will probably be our last trip there for a while. We need to get settled in and I just see us spending money on trips home and maybe some weekend things to San Antonio and Austin for a while. And we have no idea how long it will take me to find a PRN job, or IF I even need to get one-depends on so many things. I work PRN here, and possibly will have to do that there too. Esp if we get a car-we are hoping our cars have a few more years in them!

Lori

 

[renee920]

What part of GA? I'm outside Atlanta...and will be at CSR Sept 19 to 26...including my youngest's 8th bday!


Nini

I'm in Stone Mountain, not too far from you!

 

[renee920]

We will be there from the Sept 20 till Sept 27. Are you doing the homeschool days thing?

No, we're not doing the homeschool days. I don't know much about it and wasn't sure it would work with the free dining package.

 

[renee920]

Hey everyone... Well today was our first offical day of homeschooling!! It went very well!!


Anyone here from GA ?? We are still looking for a good hs group..

&

We will be at Disney Sept 11-23 for the free dining & the homeschooling days
We will be staying at POP Anyone else going??

Amanda

Yay for a good first day! We won't be *official* for another year thanks to DS's late birthday. I plan to start this school year the first week of August.

We are in Georgia and joined a co-op called LEAD in Decatur. DS took a folk dancing class there last year and is planning on a pottery class in the fall. It may be a bit of a hike from McDonough though.

We will be at the POP too, 9/21-9/26, can't wait!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

We will be at POP Sept 30-Oct 6. Got all of my ADRs done this morning w/ very few bumps.

We are doing a soft opening to our school year Monday.

We are going to take the lessons & split them 1/2 for the 1st week. DS said that he is escited to start the 2nd grade. I aksed him a trick question this morning. I asked if he thought he would like his teacher this year. He remembered that we were hs & said that the annoying little girl (DD - 2) wouldn't be good, but he liked the teacher.

did you do your adrs online? If so, how was that and how easy is it, really!! Your son is quick!! Love that answer!

Hey everyone... Well today was our first offical day of homeschooling!! It went very well!!


Anyone here from GA ?? We are still looking for a good hs group..

&

We will be at Disney Sept 11-23 for the free dining & the homeschooling days
We will be staying at POP Anyone else going??

Amanda

glad your first day was a success!!!

bentleygirl- we are going 9/12-9/19 for free dining. My kids ahve no idea and I hope to keep it that way! No homeschool days for us, b/c we just wanna chill and have fun-no planned stuff other than what parks which day and where we are dining at!

We are staying 7 nights, have 4 days PH's with water park and more-we plan on making ti to both water parks and Disney quest on the other days.

My hubby had 2 free flights accumulated so we are using those! Haven't flown there since Make a Wish in 2002. Drove there 3 other times. Houston is just so FAR from WDW. 10 hours drive was bad enough , esp for my hubby, who likes to fly, but that costs so much more!

We are moving to Houston and this will probably be our last trip there for a while. We need to get settled in and I just see us spending money on trips home and maybe some weekend things to San Antonio and Austin for a while. And we have no idea how long it will take me to find a PRN job, or IF I even need to get one-depends on so many things. I work PRN here, and possibly will have to do that there too. Esp if we get a car-we are hoping our cars have a few more years in them!

Lori

Hey! haven't talked to you since you came over looking for a subdivision!!! How did that go? Have you found anything that fits your family yet? Or a moving date?

 

[littlepeppers]

did you do your adrs online? If so, how was that and how easy is it, really!! Your son is quick!! Love that answer!QUOTE]

DS is quick. I was just wondering if he remembered that he wasn't attending a traditional school this year. He is right about DD.

Online ADRs went well. Only thing was that I accidently booked Hoop Dee Doo on Tier 1 for a charge of $150. I had to call to cancell it, but I booked another tier 2 1st.

If you are staying on property, you need to retrieve your reservations (2nd paragraph, right above where you enter your dates). If you don't do this you will not be able to book 90+ 10.

****Helpful hint that I tried. It was the only way to get Hoop Dee Doo & Chef Mickey. Book your hard to get in places (Chef, Hoop, LaCellar....) on the last few days of your vacation. Book from the last days of your vacation working front. Everyone else has been doing the 90+ 10 too & the good stuff on your 1st few days are probably already gone. Like the parks, start from the back.

 

[Denine]

We will also be there in Sept. 9/24 through 10/5.

No HS days or free dining. The free dining doesn't work with DVC points. But, it is cheaper to use DVC points than pay cash and get free dining.

Going to be ordering 2nd grade Calvert soon, plus grade 3 horizon's math.

We start the beginning of August.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

ADRs online went well for us too. In fact I recently went back on and changed 2 and got better times! I check every day for one I couldn't get.

We got our homeschool park hopper tickets today! wOOWOO!

 

[imjoyful2]

Hey all! Another homeschooling mom here! I've been reading the dis-boards for awhile and finally joined to post. We will be staying at All-Star Sports from Sept 17-26. This is going to be a change for us, normally we fly and stay at POR. With having 4 kiddos this time, we will be driving and staying at AS. It's been 5 yrs since we were last there. I saw some of you mention homeschool days, may I ask what is that? Btw, we are from Pa, been HS from the beginning, we'll be covering 4th, 3rd and 1st grade this year.

 

[wvdislover]

Hey all! Another homeschooling mom here! I've been reading the dis-boards for awhile and finally joined to post. We will be staying at All-Star Sports from Sept 17-26. This is going to be a change for us, normally we fly and stay at POR. With having 4 kiddos this time, we will be driving and staying at AS. It's been 5 yrs since we were last there. I saw some of you mention homeschool days, may I ask what is that? Btw, we are from Pa, been HS from the beginning, we'll be covering 4th, 3rd and 1st grade this year.

We'll be at WDW almost the same days as you (Sept 15-26). How did you work AS Sp.? Did you get 2 rooms?