These last few days I’ve been made so, so welcome by the great group of teachers who organised all the events. Some people ( including myself!), may complain about the Japanese education system, but when you have dedicated people who put their minds to it, it is amazing what can be achieved. And this group…

Today was the main event, the workshop for the city’s teachers. After all a one off show is great for the kids ( they’re not likely to forget it in a hurry), but the teachers have to follow up to make it truly worthwhile. However before that there was yet another kids show today! This…

I had an email this morning asking for the Halloween links that everyone sent in last year, so I’ve put them on the Halloween Ideas page ( down at the bottom). And I’ll also list them here: http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/ http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/print.html http://www.eslkidstuff.com/HalloweenGames.htm http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/minisite/halloween-main/halloween-main.html http://www.englishraven.com/Halloween.html http://bogglesworld.com/halloween_worksheets.htm I’ve also put links from the main menu to all the Halloween…

Wow, that’s the end of the 3 days of schools here! And today’s were all brilliant. It’s so much of a difference when everything is set up right and the teachers help out without having to be asked. I could go on to do a dozen more schools if they were all that good! The…

I need to write a book, and it will be really simple. “If you want your kids to have a good education, you have to have a good head teacher at their school.” I’ve visited however many hundreds of schools now and you can tell straight away what the kids will be like from the…

Usually I have a big stigma about going to schools when it’s so cold, and I’ve think I’ve figured out why. Today was actually really nice, waking up in a warm hotel with breakfast, but I guess my mind keeps thinking back to the days of the GenkiMobile ( the 1975 VW Campervan used in…