Clarity Learning Centres

The Children's Literacy Alliance

In 2023, I discovered Clarity Learning Centres Ollie The Elephant functional literacy programme and materials.

Up to fifty percent of the average English sentence consists of what we refer to as simple words. These are words like “and,” “at,” “in,” “to,” and so on. If one were to remove only five of these words from one’s vocabulary one would find it difficult to put together most proper sentences.

The Ollie the Elephant — Learning Made Easy: English Basic Words series is designed to create understanding and literacy  in a language.

One of these “simple” words, such as the word “to,” has a minimum of ten distinctly different meanings and uses that are commonly used. Other simple words have many different widely used meanings. Correct knowledge of these words helps form a foundation of literacy and understanding of the English language.

This factor is overlooked in many schools, language-learning programs, and English grammar courses. Confusion about these common words can lead to a child or adult failing in his studies. If one cannot easily understand what one is reading or hearing, learning becomes difficult.

As a homeschooling parent, getting your children through the 164 Ollie the Elephant: English Basic Words series booklets will develop literacy skills in your children which would never have been acquired in a school of today.

More information about Clarity Learning Centres can be found here.

Also find out about the the Children's Literacy Alliance, a global community initiative which uses the Ollie the Elephant functional reading programme.