I'm going to start answering some basic questions on homeschooling my deaf daughter. If you have any specific questions please ask away.

We use a combination of unit study and Charlotte Mason approaches. Deaf children are very visual learners, obviously, and need to participate and see as much information as possible, especially at a young age. Stories are signed first before the English is ever introduced. Comprehension is the key, not reading at this point. If your child can't comprehend what is being read, then the words are empty and have no meaning. We do use phonics, but that is because my daughter wears a cochlear implant. She does much better with the implant than lip reading, but it is not easy for her. She still relies a lot on the lip reading and combines that with the sound. Anyway, I don't want to spend a lot of time on reading as that is a whole new subject.

For math we use Shiller Math, which is a multi-sensory approach. Wonderful curriculm and really not that expensive. You buy a kit, but it last for 4 years. It uses all four learning styles throughout the curriculm and lots of manipulatives in the younger years for tactile and visual learners. This suits us well, as my son enjoys it too. For the auditory and kinesthetic learners there is music, dancing, and games.

Handwriting is something my daughter does very well and this is including in our regular curriculum. Currently I am using My Father's World 1st grade. This program uses a unit study/classical/charlotte mason combination. It is very Bible-based which is what we were looking for. It combines study around one topic. The Kindergarten, which we used last year, is much more unit study based. The 1st grade is a little more allusive. I still like it but found it was difficult to create a deep unit study. I'm working on that though.

I do try to take lots of field trips so that my daughter can see and touch things. Things available in my local area are the zoo, ranches, farms, museums, parks, vegetable stands, butcher shops, etc.

Hope that gave you a peek view at our homeschool. I will be posting blogs on specific subjects soon.