For Special Education Teachers, Tutors & Schools
Manus Curriculums helps teachers spend less time adapting lessons and more time teaching through curriculums developed over more than 40 years of in-class testing and refinement that combine science-based, explicit instruction with built-in accommodations.
Students will be fully engaged as they make measurable academic progress and gain confidence.
“Manus Curriculums allow teachers to focus more on student learning and less on lesson development.”
— Allison O., Teacher
Structured, multisensory lessons that build decoding and spelling skills step by step.
$49.00 Shop NowScaffolded practice for number sense, computation and problem solving.
$49.00 Shop NowGuided prompts and sentence-building tools that make writing approachable.
$45.00 Shop NowExplicit strategies for understanding, summarizing and analyzing text.
$45.00 Shop NowAs a special educator, you must follow a labor-intensive process of:
Assessing achievement levels and determining where to start instruction
Understanding each student’s unique barriers and the best way to teach him or her
Adapting teaching materials and providing accommodations
Monitoring progress and adjusting instruction
Figuring out what to do when learning breaks down
Teachers need curriculums that make this process easier so they can spend more time helping students learn well and make measurable progress.
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. 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
When teachers have the right tools, instructional decisions become clearer, students participate more successfully and measurable progress follows.
Free Lesson“Manus Curriculums has been a lifesaver for me in my teaching. The gentle, step-by-step manner in which lessons are presented has made learning manageable, even for those students of mine who have significant learning challenges.”
— Amelia B., Homeschool Educator“Manus Curriculums had a significant positive impact on student engagement, focus and academic progress. The lessons are carefully structured, with built-in cumulative review and ample opportunities for practice and reinforcement.”
— Allison O., Teacher“Compared to other curriculum I have used over the years, Manus Curriculums has saved me valuable time by preventing the need to reteach skills or figuring it out on my own. I am so grateful for this!”
— Amelia B., Homeschool Educator“The biggest impact Manus Curriculums had on our school was the confidence it gave our staff in delivering highly effective, evidence-based instruction. Teachers were able to focus more on student learning and less on lesson development.”
— Allison O., TeacherEvery Manus Curriculum is a complete downloadable PDF that combines structured lessons with the instructional tools educators need to individualize teaching. Every curriculum includes practical tools to carry out the diagnostic-prescriptive process:
Identify the student’s current skill or knowledge level and determine where to begin instruction.
Help uncover the barriers affecting each student’s learning so you can make informed instructional decisions.
Minimize the effects of learning barriers with the instructional supports built into each lesson.
Track student growth and adjust instruction with confidence.
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.
For more than 40 years, Manus Curriculums has been tested, refined and used in real classrooms. Here’s what educators have to say:
Compared to other curriculum I have used over the years, I can honestly say that Manus Curriculums has saved me valuable time by preventing the need to reteach skills or “figure it out” on my own. I’m so grateful for this!
Amelia B., Homeschool EducatorThe reading and spelling system has allowed me to individualize instruction for each of my students. I’m getting more out of them than I did before.
Jane T., Special Education TeacherThe biggest impact Manus Curriculums had on our school was the confidence it gave our staff in delivering highly effective, evidence-based instruction. Teachers were able to focus more on student learning and less on lesson development while maintaining consistency across classrooms.
Allison O., Special Education TeacherAs a homeschooling parent, Manus Curriculums gave me the tools to educate my child with ease. The materials are user-friendly, systematic and comprehensive. My child can experience success without frustration, even in more challenging subjects.
Emily H., Homeschool EducatorDownload a complete lesson and see how science-based, explicit instruction, built-in accommodations and structured teaching guidance work together in practice.
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