Suitable for all age and ability levels
For gifted or reluctant readers, from readiness through adult, these amazing materials work! Comprehensive Reading Manipulatives products assure that the full range of skills is covered. Students work at appropriate levels in materials they are interested in. As a result, skills and test scores improve.

Foster student accountability
A lab-like setting where students have choices is remarkably effective. Active involvement builds accountability. Teachers familiarize students with the skills and materials format. Then, in most sets, students can select, complete, correct, and record their activities. They are motivated to work through the sets and achieve superior results.

Natural, intuitive approaches
Manipulatives utilize natural approaches to develop key reading and writing abilities. Sequencing and blending are a few examples of many skills that can be taught more intuitively with manipulatives. When cumbersome directions and steps are eliminated, students are more apt to grasp concepts and improve skills.

Challenging multilevels
The ability ranges and diversity in classrooms continue to widen. Many Reading Manipulatives products are multilevel. Students are placed in appropriate instructional levels. The abundant practice each level affords prepares them to move to higher levels. All levels have a similar appearance, taking away stigma that is often attached to materials used with special-needs students.

Many products contain fascinating facts
The comprehension, syntax, and usage materials use trivia and intriguing factual stories to engage students. As students improve reading and language arts skills, they learn about the world and its inhabitants.

Cost-effective and reusable
Reading Manipulatives products are a great value. The individualized materials are printed on cover-weight paper and commercially laminated. The 3-mil film is nearly twice as thick as what most schools use and is applied at high temperatures, allowing for cutting after lamination. These durable materials should last for years. Also, students tend to take care of the manipulatives because they appreciate and enjoy them.

All sets and pieces coded
All of the 1000 plus sets and pieces within them have unique codes. These are used for tracking completed sets and selecting activities that have not yet been done. Codes maintain integrity of the manipulatives by assuring that pieces are in the correct sets.

Cutting & packaging
Products must be cut and packaged prior to use. Sheets are designed to make the cutting as easy as possible, and 4-mil zipper bags to hold the individual sets are furnished. Even though initial time must be invested, the manipulatives replace expendable materials. In the long run, time and resources are saved. Once classes have an array of instructional manipulatives in use, teachers are released from the daily drudgery of preparing seatwork for every reading group.

Checking and recording activities
After students are introduced to a new series, they are able to select sets, work independently, correct their work, and record it on their checklists. Answer keys are provided whenever possible since students benefit from checking their own work. Guides contain black-line masters of checklists to copy and place in student folders. Students use these to choose sets and keep track of the ones they have completed.