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[gerberdaisy1234]

Just got our 10 day park hopper tickets for homeschool days WOOHOO

Quick question for those who have gone before...All our tickets say youth. I assumed that it is because they are purchased through the youth programs. Is it okay that adult tickets say youth?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Lake Fairy]

Just got our 10 day park hopper tickets for homeschool days WOOHOO

Quick question for those who have gone before...All our tickets say youth. I assumed that it is because they are purchased through the youth programs. Is it okay that adult tickets say youth?

Thanks for your help.

I called before we ordered, while the tickets were on the way, and once I had them in my hot little hands to make sure the first time we did Homeschool Days.

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

I called before we ordered, while the tickets were on the way, and once I had them in my hot little hands to make sure the first time we did Homeschool Days.

Do you remember if yours said youth on all the tickets?

 

[Lake Fairy]

Does anyone have any tips on how to teach my 2nd grader to spell. His spelling is horrendious. He just doesn't care/understand that he has to learn the rules in order to get it. He literally guesses from day to day. We are with a Virtual Academy so I can't really switch out his spelling but I'd like something to supplement and help him learn the rules. I was searching the internet and found "All about spelling". Has anyone ever used or heard about this method?

Thanks!

Have you looked at Sequential Spelling?

 

[Lake Fairy]

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Originally Posted by Lake Fairy
I called before we ordered, while the tickets were on the way, and once I had them in my hot little hands to make sure the first time we did Homeschool Days.
Do you remember if yours said youth on all the tickets?

Do you remember if yours said youth on all the tickets?

Yes they all said youth
And thank you for the 10-day info. Very tempting if we can afford room and board.

DD loves the Y.E.S. classes. DH and I love having a few hours to ourselves.

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

Thank you for letting me know that all tickets say youth.

I am very excited about the Homeschool 10 day park hopper tickets. We got a great deal on airline tickets ($556) for 4 round trip. Found a pretty good deal on rental car (standard size $266). Good deal on a three bedroom, bathroom townhouse with pool at Windsor Hills (after taxes and pool heat $1243). I have read so many wonderful things about Windsor Hills here on the disboards. We are very excited.

We are doing a different "countdown" this time. I used Picasa to convert one of our favorite family photos from our last Disney trip into 9X9, 4X6 prints. Each day we put up one piece to the puzzle. So at the end we will have a huge poster size family picture on the wall. I laid the picture puzzle out and put date labels on the back because I wanted to put up edges first and work our way into the middle. It just so happen to turn out the the day we put my face on is my birthday and the day it is "time" to go we put on my husband's watch.

Another exciting thing about our trip...my niece will be starting the College Program the week before we arrive. I am so excited for her. My kids are super excited that they will get to see her while we are there.

 

[dillydilly]

I'm glad I found this thread! I am a homeschooling mom of 5. We school year round. Thanks for all the info on homeschooling days. Some of the classes look like great fits for my children. Seems to me this is a good reason to go next year! Can someone help me convince dh??

 

[robinsegg]

Can someone help me convince dh??

That depends on what dh would be looking at/for in such a trip. What are his likely hang-ups? What does he *love* about hsing?

 

[dillydilly]

That depends on what dh would be looking at/for in such a trip. What are his likely hang-ups? What does he *love* about hsing?

Would love the kids to experience/he would like:
Chemistry program
Physics offerings
The Ocean Discoveries program
Being at Disney World
Any live or hands on programs/lectures that are away from textbooks
Would think it is cool to be doing these things at Disney World/Imagineers


Would not like:

Me driving from Colorado to FL with the children (He would have to fly due to limits on vacation time). Airfare is expensive for 7. I do have some relatives I would like to visit along the way, so that is another perk of driving.


We utilize programs (and make up our own family unit type studies) at our local zoo as well as at the children's museum for homeschoolers. This has been great for our family. DH just loves going to Disney theme parks. I think putting the two together would make a fun trip.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Just got our 10 day park hopper tickets for homeschool days WOOHOO

Quick question for those who have gone before...All our tickets say youth. I assumed that it is because they are purchased through the youth programs. Is it okay that adult tickets say youth?

Thanks for your help.

We went in 2008 with hs tickets and they all say youth (I'm looking at them right now, I saved them! heehee).

BUT, I have a question? We went on the actual dates of hs days, so I didn't need to know this before but this time we are planning on going a week after. I know there is a window where they are valid, 1 week before and 1 week after(I can see this on the tickets I have from 2008 as well) but does that mean as long as they are used by that last day or do you just have to START using them by that day. Meaning, can you extend past those days as long as you started using them before the cutoff date??? (hope this makes sense!)

 

[DawnM]

I am so hoping we can go in January. Our APs expire Jan. 18, so it would have to be earlier than the hs days, but I really still want to go!

It all depends on our refi at the moment.....some major hang ups with the bank at the moment (a very long story!) so we are waiting to hear. If we refi this month DH is on board with us going.

Dawn

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

Our ten day park hopper tickets for the homeschool days this January are valid 1/12/10-2/05/10. We will be there before, during and after the homeschool events.

 

[dillydilly]

I would love any feedback of Life of Fred math. My DD11 is a reader and this looks very interesting.

 

[lori1043]

Anyone on here live in the Orlando or surrounding areas??

We are relocating- it was originally to Houston, and we got a phone call while househunting in Houston to see if we bought a house yet. We hadn't and my DH's boss offered him Florida!!! It is a probability, though. They seem to want us there and are willing to give the cost of living increase- but we'll see.

Anyway- I already know where we will live if it is Houston, but now researching Orlando areas.

Our home closes on 12/30 and we leased back for a month-thank goodness the buyers agreed withy all these changes. Our lives are in the air, we have no idea which state will be "home" next month!!!(see all the mixed emotions)- but it is alll in God's hands b/c I was going crazy last week trying to "pick the better place"- when there is really no answer for us. It's 50/50 right now.

Thanks- Lori

Oh, I am from Louisiana and grew up here. We homeschool- this is our 6th year. I ahve been on thie thread in the past, but it has been a while.

 

[pixiemagic30]

Anyone on here live in the Orlando or surrounding areas??

Hi Lori!

In October, my family just relocated to the SW Orlando area from Ohio. Not sure how much help I can be, but feel free to pm me. This is our 8th year homeschooling.

Blessings,
Becki

 

[DawnM]

Wow! That is amazing.

Do you want to move to Orlando? Or would you rather choose Houston?

When we still lived in California and were looking at options, we did consider Orlando. We even did a little house hunting there. I love Disney World, but I couldn't imagine living without any hills or moutains around! And it turned out, the job market for DH was better up this way.

Good luck in your search! My kids still say they wish we could homeschool closer to Disney World! We homeschooled near Disneyland and would often pop down for the afternoon or take a day off and go down for the day. They miss it.

Dawn

Anyone on here live in the Orlando or surrounding areas??

We are relocating- it was originally to Houston, and we got a phone call while househunting in Houston to see if we bought a house yet. We hadn't and my DH's boss offered him Florida!!! It is a probability, though. They seem to want us there and are willing to give the cost of living increase- but we'll see.

Anyway- I already know where we will live if it is Houston, but now researching Orlando areas.

Our home closes on 12/30 and we leased back for a month-thank goodness the buyers agreed withy all these changes. Our lives are in the air, we have no idea which state will be "home" next month!!!(see all the mixed emotions)- but it is alll in God's hands b/c I was going crazy last week trying to "pick the better place"- when there is really no answer for us. It's 50/50 right now.

Thanks- Lori

Oh, I am from Louisiana and grew up here. We homeschool- this is our 6th year. I ahve been on thie thread in the past, but it has been a while.

 

[DawnM]

We STILL haven't closed on our refi!

Well, we DID close, and then it un-closed! I have never heard of such a thing, but BofA changed their rules this month in anticipation of all the refis in 2010 coming up with the 5 year ARMs ending......so they have valued our house at 35% less than the low end of the appraisal! YIKES!

This scares me as so many are not only coming to their 5 year ARM ending, but they are way under water on their homes already! I see major disaster for housing next year, but I really hope I am wrong.

Anyway......we are now looking at another bank for lending. Citibank and Wells have already approved the loan, but since DH works for the company that audits them, we can't use those banks.

ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,

Dawn

 

[MiniGirl]

Wow! That is amazing.

Do you want to move to Orlando? Or would you rather choose Houston?

When we still lived in California and were looking at options, we did consider Orlando. We even did a little house hunting there. I love Disney World, but I couldn't imagine living without any hills or moutains around! And it turned out, the job market for DH was better up this way.

Good luck in your search! My kids still say they wish we could homeschool closer to Disney World! We homeschooled near Disneyland and would often pop down for the afternoon or take a day off and go down for the day. They miss it.

Dawn

I feel the same way about the water. LOL!!!! I love living by the ocean.

Anyway, Clermont has lots of rolling hills and is just beautiful.

 

[DawnM]

That is why I miss California so badly!

Ocean was 20 min. drive, Disneyland 45 min., mountians in our backyard, and snow skiing just a 2 hour drive from us in the winter.....where you could typically ski in shorts in the Spring time!

Rolling hills won't do it for me though.....we like actual snow skiing. NC isn't really cutting it in that department, but it is better than FL would be I guess. HA!

If I had to pick ocean or mountains, I would pick mountains, but I don't ever want to live further away from the ocean than we do right now (3.5 hours).

Dawn

I feel the same way about the water. LOL!!!! I love living by the ocean.

Anyway, Clermont has lots of rolling hills and is just beautiful.

 

[lori1043]

Hi Lori!

In October, my family just relocated to the SW Orlando area from Ohio. Not sure how much help I can be, but feel free to pm me. This is our 8th year homeschooling.

Blessings,
Becki

Thank you I may!! We can live anywhere we would like to as long as there are Chase branches. In Houston or in Florida. Our ultimate would be to live in the panhandle, but there are no Chase branches more north of Mt Dora, I think. One day...........

Wow! That is amazing.

Do you want to move to Orlando? 50 Or would you rather choose Houston? 50

When we still lived in California and were looking at options, we did consider Orlando. We even did a little house hunting there. I love Disney World, but I couldn't imagine living without any hills or moutains around! And it turned out, the job market for DH was better up this way.

Good luck in your search! My kids still say they wish we could homeschool closer to Disney World! We homeschooled near Disneyland and would often pop down for the afternoon or take a day off and go down for the day. They miss it.

Dawn

The you would not choose Houston, thats for sure!

We STILL haven't closed on our refi!

Well, we DID close, and then it un-closed! I have never heard of such a thing, but BofA changed their rules this month in anticipation of all the refis in 2010 coming up with the 5 year ARMs ending......so they have valued our house at 35% less than the low end of the appraisal! YIKES!

This scares me as so many are not only coming to their 5 year ARM ending, but they are way under water on their homes already! I see major disaster for housing next year, but I really hope I am wrong.

Anyway......we are now looking at another bank for lending. Citibank and Wells have already approved the loan, but since DH works for the company that audits them, we can't use those banks.

ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,

Dawn

I am so sorry.

I feel the same way about the water. LOL!!!! I love living by the ocean.

Anyway, Clermont has lots of rolling hills and is just beautiful.

Clermont is where I told DH we'd get housing until we decided on a home- it we head to Florida. It's in the middle, near Disney, and not further to drive home or family drive to us. Housing is horrendous in Florida, to us , at least.
We can get a 2000 sf 4/2.5 home, in a neighborhood with pools and playgrounds and a good school district for $140000 in Spring. In my neck of the woods that will get you 1300 sf in an unincorporated area(like i live in now!, but we bought it 11 years ago). In Florida, it'a about like our neck of the woods, but taxes are high. Well, in some areas- I cannot find rhyme or reason to property taxes in Florida. It is pretty understandable in the Houston area. You are gonna pay b/t $300-500 a month in taxes on a home like I described.
Homeschooling in Texas is easy too. you do nothing but show up.

I started a thread about our dilemma to get input about Florida, but I didn't mention the whole Houston thing b/c I thought I could get some good info from Florida folk. I already know a bit about Houston and where to live, so I just posted one about where to live in the Orlando vicinity.

You would choose Florida, that's for sure!! Houston is not near mountains or water. Part of the reason we had always disliked Texas- nothing , any which way you go. But I will admit that Conroe is hilly and beautiful. We like that area, but would probably wind up in Spring- just below it. "course, our family would escape to us every time a hurricane threatened Louisiana. If we pick Florida- we will be escapring to them!

Anway- it was driving me batty when we first found out. Like no sleep and stressing out badly kinda batty. I HAD to let it go for my sanity. I got behind on house stuff anf such. School. What school??? Seriously drove me to numbness. I had to stop allowing it to make me crazy, so not we are just gonna go where the wind blows us, I guess. God given us 2 doors and I guess we gotta choose, but we are hoping He will show us which path is brighter.

Lori