300+
children & families
served since launch — real Lexile growth, verified results
Live, online, Navigator-led English literacy — ages 5 through high school
Real English mastery — the kind you can see in how a child thinks.
Taught live and one-to-one, by a Navigator who gets to know your child.
From a five-year-old learning to read with a dedicated early-childhood educator, to a high-schooler arguing over a difficult text with their Navigator. At every age the work is really the same: learning to think clearly in English. It grows out of a serious literature-and-writing tradition, and Harvard’s research on how understanding takes shape.
Lexile-measured progress · 6+1 Trait writing framework · Live Navigator-led sessions · Think once, in two languages.
Student Progress Proof
1
grade level
average Lexile reading growth across two 16-week cycles
75%+
by word-of-mouth
of families come to DODO through referral from another family
10,000+
teaching hours
delivered one-on-one, live with a Navigator
Built for the stage your child is in
Two paths into DODO English literacy.
Ages 5–8
Little DODO
Live, one-on-one with a dedicated early-childhood educator — phonetics, fluency, vocabulary, and the love of reading. Built book by book. Where the reader begins.
Explore Little DODOGrade 3+
ELA Program
Live, Navigator-led literacy and writing — read complexity, argue with evidence, write with intention. Progress measured in Lexile. A 16-week cycle, four skills every session.
Explore the ELA ProgramWho We Are
The difference between a teacher and a Navigator is a map.
Your child’s school knows what grade they’re in. That’s not the same as knowing where they are. Many children carry a quiet gap a report card never shows — the distance between the words they can read and the ideas they can actually think through.
Navigators are not tutors. They are specialists in composition, literature, and academic writing — trained in the MCT Language Arts tradition and in the structured thinking protocols of Harvard Project Zero. They close the gap between where your child reads now and where their academic life demands.
Every Navigator tracks one thing per student: the distance between their current literacy & writing level and their goal — and closes it, week by week, through The LCS System.
The Methodology
The LCS System
This is the shape of every session — Read → Think → Speak → Write. We keep the order steady, week to week, so a child can settle into it.
Read
Students read classical and SAT-must read texts chosen at or just above their current Lexile level — from Alice in Wonderland and The Invisible Man, to The War of the Worlds, progressively greater complexity. Never simplified versions; the book itself is what we work from.
Think
Navigators are trained to use Harvard Project Zero thinking routines to form precise discussions — supported by specific textual evidence, beyond general impression.
Speak
Students defend their thinking in a live Socratic session with their Navigator. The Navigator’s first move after any answer is always a more thought provoking question — never an evaluation. Precision in speech precedes precision in writing.
Write
Students produce written work in the MCT writing arc: Grammar, sentence, paragraph, essay to academic composition. Their Navigator scores each piece against the 6+1 Trait rubric. Progress is concrete and visible.
How It Works
About a grade level of reading growth in a sixteen-week cycle.
We measure it with Lexile and show it in the writing scores. And when a child learns to think clearly in English, that habit tends to carry — into their other subjects, and into every language they use.
Before We Begin
We find out exactly where your child is.
Not where their school report says they are. Before the first session, every student receives a Lexile reading assessment and a baseline 6+1 Trait writing evaluation. We plan from data, not from guesswork.
How the assessment worksDuring The Program
Every session runs The LCS.
Read. Think. Speak. Write. Your child’s Navigator tracks their movement through each phase every week. The LCS system is grounded in the MCT Language Arts framework and Harvard Project Zero’s thinking routines. Nothing is guessed. Everything is guided and measured.
Understand The LCSAfter 16 Weeks
We show you the numbers.
Every student receives an exit Lexile assessment and a re-evaluated 6+1 Trait writing score. A child who can read complex text, argue a position, and write with intention — then defend that thinking out loud — is building something a machine can’t do for them. That habit of mind is hard to teach, and a quiet joy to watch grow.
View student resultsStudent Results
Enabling students to enjoy the arts of language
Vincent X
Grade 5 · Vancouver · 16 weeks
620Lexile start
820after 16wks
+200 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Started raising a hand in class by week eight. By week twelve, leading the discussion.
Juliette W
Grade 6 · Calgary · 16 weeks
540Lexile start
720after 16wks
+180 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Their teacher told us the writing had transformed. The 6+1 scores made it easy to see exactly what changed.
River C
Grade 7 · Denver · 16 weeks
710Lexile start
940after 16wks
+230 Lexile points — approximately one grade level of reading growth
Went from dreading writing assignments to submitting them early. The Navigator knew exactly where the sticking point was.
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A language art for the AI age.
We teach how AI reads, thinks, and writes. We teach your child to think critically about it.
Grounded in Carnegie Mellon’s CS Academy and the AI4K12 framework. 1-on-1 with a Navigator. 16 weeks. Every claim has a framework behind it.
Visit DODO Coding →Read · Think · WriteCritical thinking