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How to Paragraph: Use the Hamburger (Tip Top) Method to Help Your Child to Use Paragraphs
Are you looking for a simple and effective way to teach your child how to paragraph – and how to structure their paragraphs? Here’s how you can use the Hamburger Method to teach them. Teaching children what paragraphs are and how to structure them can be tricky to explain but is nonetheless quite important in…
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How to Help Your Child With Creative Writing: Top Creative Writing Tips
When it comes to creative writing, some children respond well to being imaginative and expressive, while others, may need an extra nudge to get the ball rolling. If you’ve come across this post, then perhaps you’re on the hunt for new and interesting ways to engage your child in writing more creatively. No need to…
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11 Plus Creative Writing: 14 Ways to Encourage Your Child to Write Creatively – Part 2
If you saw the first post of this series, then you’ll know the first seven ways you can encourage your child to write creatively. Here are the last seven tools to include in your child’s creative writing toolkit. 8. Diary and Journal Writing Getting your child into the habit of writing in a journal or…
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How to Unlock Your Child’s Creativity to Improve Their Creative Writing
Are you wondering how to cope when your child lacks imagination? for their creative writing? Or perhaps you’ve been wondering how you can encourage your child to think more creatively and produce their best writing.
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How to Improve Your Child’s Vocabulary for Their 11 Plus Exams
If you’ve been following our recent content, then you’ll know we’ve been breaking down the different strategies parents can use to improve their child’s vocabulary. We’ve also covered the benefits of crossword puzzles how you can use them to help your child’s spelling and vocabulary to thrive.
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How to Improve Your Child’s Vocabulary in Primary School: Part 2 of 2
Following on from part 1 in this series on improving your child’s vocabulary, this part of the series will cover the last couple of ways you can use to help your child: Synonyms and antonyms Introducing prefix and suffixes Rhyming games Word wall
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How to Improve Your Child’s Vocabulary in Primary School: Part 1 of 2
It can feel like a challenging task when trying to help your child improve their vocabulary, especially if your child isn’t the biggest fan of literacy. However, as a parent, the chances are that you will want to do all that you can to help set them up on the right track, and you know…
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The 11+ English Exam: What Your Child Can Expect In The Writing Task
With 11+ exams just around the corner, many children (and their parents) are working on packs and sample papers. The English exam of many grammar schools and independent schools has a creative writing essay – or a writing task of some sort. Each school will have particular topics they will focus on, and so…
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How Your Child Can Get Full Marks in 11 Plus The Creative Writing Task
Creative writing is a core component of English in both primary and secondary school assessments and exams. You will find it in SATs assessments, the 11 Plus, and all the way through to GCSE English exams. So, getting a good understanding of what is required is essential! But so many students are baffled about what…
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