About one grade level
of reading growth in each 16-week cycle, estimated in Lexile at Week 0 and Week 16
Live, online, Navigator-led English literacy — ages 5 through high school
Real English mastery.
Taught live, one‑to‑one.
Your child reads classics from SAT reading lists, unabridged, then talks them through with a Navigator and writes about them, week after week.
What your child gets
Writing, scored as it grows
every four weeks the Navigator’s report scores your child’s writing on the skills of their level
Built for the stage your child is in
Little DODO from age 5. The ELA Program from Grade 3.
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 DODO
Grade 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 ProgramThe gap a report card misses
School knows the grade.
A Navigator knows the child.
Many children read fluently and sound fluent, then go quiet when a book gets harder or an essay starts on a blank page. A report card rarely shows it: the distance between the words a child can read and the ideas they can think through.
Navigators are not tutors. They are practicing educators with backgrounds in literature and writing, trained in the MCT Language Arts tradition and in Harvard Project Zero’s thinking routines.
Each Navigator finds where your child really is, then closes the distance to their goal 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 on the skills of the child’s level. 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. 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 full written report. 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.
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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