Richard's Diary!

Take any problem in the World and it's invariably caused ( or made worse) by a lack of education. Too many kids hate school because it's too boring.

The aim of Genki Learning is to have all subjects in all countries taught in a fun, engaging and effective way. There are already a few million kids benefiting from this, and even a whole country where the government has put it in all their schools. But there's still a long way to go!

While I'm on the road you'll hear about my travels & workshops, and when I'm doing studio work I'll keep you up to date with ideas, updates to the site and some of my favourite teaching resources. So if you want to find out what's it's like behind the scenes or how & why I do what I do or even if you're just nosey or a bit bored, have a read.

I'll update the diary as often as I can, so keep coming back. And of course whilst I'm away, the office staff are always ready to send off your CD orders just as soon as you send them in!

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Phonics CD and the need for GenkiMaths

February 28, 2004

The plan this month was to get the new Genki Phonics CD ready for the big launch at the Maruzen Bookstore in Tokyo on the 23rd. The thing is that nobody has anything like the phonics CD I’m planning. But after trying to record it for the last couple of weeks I think I know why - I don’t think it’s physically possible to record it!! Hmmm… this is a bit of challenge! But as I’ve passed the deadline then I think I’ll leave it till I get back to Japan next month. It’s been good this month just hanging out in the UK, being able to get up, watch a bit of telly, popping out and getting some work done when I want. There was also a big thing on the news about Maths education in England not working because it’s not fun enough… sounds like a job for Genki Maths!! It’s also strange being back in England as I just hang out at home, just being a big kid. The thing is that a lot of people in Japan think I lead the same hectic business life over here as I do in Japan. So I have lots of people saying “Can you help with this?”, “Do you know these people?”, when in reality I haven’t a clue about anything in the UK really!! I half expect people to think I dine with the Queen every night! Watching Coronation Street is more like it!

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