For those just considering homeschool, I suggest a trial period over the summer, or if you're REALLY close to pulling your child now, you might want to try it over the holiday break. My family did a trial period with our two oldest kids and by the time number three was school age, it was just assumed that she would be a homeschooler too. But the summer trial was very helpful to assess how well the kids could learn at home. When we started for real, I had more confidence and DH was satisfied that I wasn't going to "ruin" our kids.

Here's my standard gifted homeschooling rant:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art27311.asp

There are many homeschoolers and afterschoolers on this board, and we're always happy to discuss resources and curriculum...