Testimonial

It would seem that someone with 24 years of high school English teaching experience, a master’s degree, and decades of experience in the field would breeze through a foundational course like Ollie. However, even the most experienced educators can gain new perspectives and insights from revisiting the fundamentals.

I found Ollie to be THE foundational tool for literacy. I struggled on some meanings of small words I use every day. For me, the most important point is that the Ollie course made me think about language, not as a set of rules, but as a tool to use language to assist my use of language. It wasn’t just definitions of small words; it got me thinking of different ways I could say/write something, and how the words are used to connect language and its exact meaning.

Being a coach, a teacher, a language enthusiast, someone who specializes in English, curriculum, and instruction, I never would have guessed that Ollie is fun and jam-packed with little words I never knew I needed to help me increase my literacy!