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From the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep at night, we experience a non-stop range of emotions. Some, like happiness or anger, are easy to recognise. Others, like jealousy or pride, are much more difficult to identify. Identifying emotions can be hard!...
How well does your child recognise how they are feeling? Can they express their emotions to you? Are they able to recognise how other people are feeling when they express emotional responses? These skills all depend on emotional literacy ability, which needs to be...
Hoorah! You’ve made it to the final hurdle! Whatever exams your child is due to take, it’s likely that they’ve been preparing for some time. Now it’s time for them to shine and show off how much they’ve learned. But no matter how much learning they’ve done, it’s...
Test season is well and truly upon us with many secondary schools holding their 11 plus exams over the coming weeks. Kids up and down the UK have been working their socks off and learning really challenging topics to prepare them for their exams. Still, there’s more...
If you are preparing your child for 11 plus exams, you will know that competition can be fierce. It’s not surprising that many parents choose to pay for tuition in the lead-up to the exam. But what if hiring a tutor is an expense that you can’t afford? Can you...
So you’ve decided that you’d like your child to have a shot at getting into grammar school. You now have a big decision to make… How are you going to get them ready for the 11 plus exam? Perhaps you’ve begun looking for solutions and are becoming aware of the...
If you are currently supporting a child with 11 Plus preparation - or you are planning to start soon - you may already know that it can be very hard, stressful and overwhelming work! There are approximately 100,000 children who take the 11 Plus exam each year, with...
Kids are experiencing higher rates of stress than previous generations did. After the last few years, it isn’t surprising that stress in childhood is on the increase. Stress is a totally normal and necessary part of life. The real world is HARD! But if stress...
So, you’ve decided that you’d like your child to have the option to attend grammar school when they leave primary? If you are experiencing information overload, I am not surprised! Not to mention the parents in the playground boasting about how they’ve had a tutor for...
“How do you improve children’s vocabulary?” This is a question that I am frequently asked. Especially by parents who are preparing their children for 11 plus exams as vocabulary is crucial for many verbal reasoning question types and English success too. I often ask...
April is Stress Awareness Month, which is now in its 30th year. Understanding stress and how it affects us has never been more important. Stress awareness month’s main purpose is to raise awareness of the widespread and escalating nature of stress as well as to help...
Is your child sitting 11 plus exams this year? Having a good understanding of verbal reasoning question types yourself can go a long way in supporting their journey. Because verbal reasoning isn’t a school subject, it’s really important that children taking 11 plus...
