I homeschool both of my boys 'full-time' (8th grade & 5th grade). My oldest (11th grade) is taking classes at the community college, so she's only homeschooling 'part-time'. She's really enjoying her classes and she's hoping that, by having a college transcript to show to a 4-year university, it will make her chances of being accepted even better. My youngest (Kindergarten) attends our local public elementary school. She has autism and she has speech therapy 3 times a week. She spends half of her day in special education and the other half of her day in a regular Kindergarten class. She's very 'high need' and, to be quite honest, I couldn't accomplish a thing when she was home 24-7! She may be 6 years old physically, but emotionally and mentally, she functions at around a 3 year old level. She needs to be supervised or she gets into mischief, so..for now..the family functions on a more harmonious level with her in school.

Natural Speller A book of spelling lists, divided up by spelling rule / phonetic rule. There are lists for grades 2-8 in this one book. It's been wonderful for my boys!!

I didn't post much on the accelerated learning board on the old forums, but I'd like to start doing so now, since these boards are easier to use for me! My oldest dd (16) is a college student at our local community college. She's hoping to switch to a 4 year university in another year and a half. Her passions are Tae Kwon Do, reading, and music -- she plays four instruments (piano, violin, flute, and guitar) -- she's also my computer geek and spends hours designing webpages, graphic design, and programming. My second child (ds 13) has some learning disabilities, so he's not accelerated, by any means, although he's gifted in art and hopes to be an artist when he 'grows up'. He loves drawing (naturally), video games, and chess. My third child (ds 8) is working at a 5th grade level in all subjects and he adores math and science. His passions are Tae Kwon Do and video games. My youngest (dd 6) has autism and she's in a special education program at our local public school. She's gifted in math and reading (she's been reading since she was 3), but she has significant speech and language delays.

I would definitely choose option #1 .... as you said, when the market improves, you'll have alot of instant equity. You'd likely not recoup any money you put into house #2 under the same circumstances. And that's alot of $$ to come up with, in addition to closing and moving expenses. I wouldn't even consider #3, under the circumstances you listed in your post. Option #4 isn't bad, if you can get any takers! LOL!

My oldest dd is taking College Composition II at the local community college this semester and John Steinbeck is the primary literary focus -- so she's reading "Of Mice and Men" (which she read several years ago when she was homeschooling full-time) and "Cannery Row".

12 years of homeschooling here!! I started when my oldest dd was of preschool age. I discovered TWTM in 1999, so quite a few years ago!! Things have changed a bit since then ... my oldest is a student at the local community college, so she's only hs'ing part-time, and my youngest is in Kindergarten at the local public school (she has autism and they have a wonderful special education program there!) So it's mostly just the two boys..but transitions are good! :)