One good thing about being away is that my phone doesn’t work. I still spend a couple of hours each day doing email, but when I got off the plane last night within 10 minutes my phone was ringing!

As it happens though there’s some really good news. Long term readers may remember the “Kids English” set of books, videos and CDs for younger kids. Well, we’ve just managed to work out a new system where we can offer Genki English readers the package directly, and at a very nice price. The number we have is limited, but if you are interested, have a look at the “Kids English” page.

Recently many schools have been looking at picture books in lessons ( I love the Apricot ones!), and the Kids English ones are great because they each have a video that teaches the target language, basically in the Genki English style, but with real actors. This could be really useful for elementary school teachers, as well as parents.