Reading and Spelling · Grades K–2
Foundations Reading & Spelling
Explicit, multisensory instruction that builds decoding and spelling one step at a time.
$129.00
K–8
For Special Education Teachers, Tutors & Schools
Customized Curriculums for Students with Learning Barriers
Manus Curriculums helps teachers spend less time adapting lessons and more time teaching with curriculums developed through more than 40 years of in-class testing and refinement that combine science-based, explicit instruction with built-in accommodations.
Students are fully engaged as they make measurable academic progress and gain confidence.
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“Manus Curriculums allow teachers to focus more on student learning and less on lesson development.”
40+
years of classroom testing and refinement
2,000+
students taught with mild to severe learning barriers
K–8
subjects & skills based on national standards
Digital
downloadable lessons, tests and forms in one framework
Up to 10
hours a week saved on lesson planning
Best Sellers
Each curriculum covers a K–8 subject or skill aligned with national standards. Includes placement tests, guided lessons, built-in accommodations and progress monitoring.
Mathematics · Grades K–2
Number Sense Foundations
Counting, place value and early operations taught in small, ordered steps.
$129.00
Written Expression · Grades K–2
Sentence to Paragraph Writing
Writing built from complete sentences up to a simple organized paragraph.
$129.00
Reading Comprehension · Grades K–2
Reading Comprehension Foundations
Early comprehension taught through short, structured passages and guided questioning.
$125.00
The Problem
Most curriculums leave the customizing to you.
As a special educator, you must follow a labor-intensive process of:
- 1 assessing achievement levels and determining where to start instruction
- 2 understanding each student’s unique barriers and the best way to teach him or her
- 3 adapting teaching materials and providing accommodations
- 4 monitoring progress and adjusting instruction
- 5 figuring out what to do when learning breaks down
Teacher planning at desk
Teachers need curriculums that make this process easier so they can spend more time helping students learn well and make measurable progress.
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The Solution
Teaching With Confidence.
Developed through more than 40 years of in-class testing and refinement, Manus Curriculums gives educators comprehensive, scripted lessons and practical teaching tools to confidently deliver instruction tailored to every student’s needs.
Our curriculums reduce or eliminate the overtime teachers typically work by drastically reducing the hours spent preparing lessons.
When teachers have the right tools, instructional decisions become clearer, students participate more successfully and measurable progress follows.
Learn MoreThe Learning Zone
Lessons are carefully crafted to guide your students into the learning zone, that mental state in which they are:
fully absorbed in the lesson and learning for its own sake
meeting the challenges of the lesson
feeling good about their performance
experiencing the satisfaction that comes from success
Student engaged in a lesson
What’s Included
Curriculums built for the way special educators teach.
Every Manus Curriculum is a complete downloadable PDF that combines structured lessons with the instructional tools educators need to individualize teaching. Instead of piecing together multiple resources, you’ll have everything you need to confidently assess skills, deliver instruction, monitor progress and adjust instruction, all within one consistent framework.
Every curriculum includes practical tools to carry out the diagnostic-prescriptive process:
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Our Founder
Hi, I’m Rosanne Manus.
Early in my teaching career, I saw firsthand how labor intensive it was for special educators to provide every student with the individualized instruction he or she needed.
With limited time and resources, we were expected to adapt lessons, create accommodations, monitor progress and respond to a wide range of learning barriers.
So, I began developing curriculums that made that process easier.
At Manus Academy, my special education school, I designed, tested and refined every lesson through decades of classroom teaching, observation and research. The result was an instructional system that helped students with learning barriers participate successfully, build confidence and make observable academic progress.
Today, that work has become Manus Curriculums, which provides teachers, tutors and schools with those same classroom-tested resources so they spend less time adapting instruction and more time helping students succeed.
Rosanne Manus, Founder of Manus Curriculums
About Us
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Built in real classrooms.
For more than 40 years, Manus Curriculums has been tested, refined and used in real classrooms. Here’s what educators have to say:
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