Key Stage Journey

  The books recommend  here are tried and tested by many parents and personal recommendation only. I am not a tutor or have any connection to these authors, honestly recommending these just because it really helped us in our 11+ journey. Disclosure : some of the links in this post are amazon affiliate links.  I link these and their products because of their quality.  This is usually a good starting point for a parent who are thinking to start the journey early(year4 or late year 3).  you can basically pick few words and try to enact it in your daily life. they can remember and relate it easily when its in pictorial format. 11+ Vocabulary Cartoons    Buy on Amazon 11+ Vocabulary Cartoons 2  Buy on Amazon Flash Cards   Buy on Amazon A very good collection of high frequency words and handy to be used during school runs or short tips, you can divide it in 4/5 batches and pick it up to revise any time, as smaller batches will not be overwh...

After you are done selecting your primary school for your kid, we suddenly wake up few years before a big milestone or when hearing the buzz words "Grammar Schools", "Catchment" , "11+" , "Mock test" Some of the parents would have a clear road map based on the past experience or from friends and family who had gone through the similar experience, luckily I was one such parent who was fortunate to be around friends who went thought this journey few years before my turn and they were vey kind enough to share some key insights involved in this whole 11+ journey. The day I came to know about this 11+ the very first question I asked the parents was  "when did you start the preparation? " Although this differs from a child to child I found a pattern that works with majority of the kids and parents. Remember, this is a journey and it is always a good idea to start light and slowly increase the speed and complexity. So, when is it? Year 3 Year ...