A world where every child can learn their way, with good teaching and the right resources, wherever they live.
It comes down to how they learn, how they are taught, and what they have to learn with. We build learning products that work on all three, one topic at a time.
One Topic a Day began with a founder and a daughter.
She wasn't short of ability. But the moment she saw a list of things to learn, or a large piece of work, she wouldn't touch it.
And she kept asking a fair question: how is half of two-thirds, or a decimal, ever going to help me in life?
Two things reached her.
An analogy, a new idea shown through something she already knew. And a puzzle worth solving, given before anyone named the concept behind it.
The founder recognised all of it. It was how the founder had learned too, and at school that had been called slow.
The family tried the tuition centres near home, and the online ones. None of them worked.
Some set homework and never taught. Some taught only in groups. Some taught only their own way.
So the founder started again from the child, and did not do it alone. Many parents were asked what their children needed. Educators and child development specialists gave their advice, and so did other founders. Child psychologists and psychiatrists helped us understand each child's strengths, so the way of teaching could be fitted to the child.
And children ran it like owners.
The founders' and advisors' own, from different backgrounds, used it as it was built. Many features exist because a child asked for them. Some were taken out because a child said so.
What came out starts with a puzzle, teaches one idea at a time, in the way that works for that child. It is called One Topic a Day.
A child who is stuck is rarely short of talent. More often the teaching does not yet fit the way that child learns, or the right help is out of reach.
Every child takes a different road to the same idea. One needs a picture, one a story, one has to take it apart. We work with every child in the way that works for them, until it makes sense. We turn what they are curious about into a puzzle, and the puzzle comes before the concept. Learning starts there.
A good teacher doesn't hand over the answer. Ours work alongside the child, like a coach, until the child finds the idea, so it doesn't feel like being taught.
Good practice, clear explanations and help when stuck should not be a luxury. So whatever a child needs to learn with is in one place: a person to work with, practice that explains itself, and help when stuck.
We want good teaching to reach every child, not only children whose families can pay a lot. Here is what we do about it.
Most tutoring stops at maths. Life doesn't.
Five parts, each the same size. School subjects are one of them.
Maths, English, science and the other school subjects. We teach the idea under each topic, so it fits any school's syllabus.
Planning a week, keeping a space in order, managing money, and finding a way in when a task feels stuck.
How a gearbox turns, why the sky is blue, how a bridge stays up. Ideas from the classroom, found in the world around them.
How a town, a city and a country are run. Who makes the rules, who carries them out, and how people have a say.
Making something from an early age: an idea, a plan, a first try, and what to change next.
Your child is more than a maths score.
A world where every child can learn their way, with good teaching and the right resources, wherever they live.
This is where we are heading. It is bigger than any one product we make today.
We make learning products that fit how each child learns, help teachers teach one child at a time, and keep good resources within reach at a fair price.
We start with school subjects and the skills school skips, and we will grow toward the rest of what life asks of a child.
One address for both. Write to us and a person will reply.