When it comes to your child’s vocabulary development, reviewing new words regularly is crucial. That said, it can be hard to find the best way to revise all that new vocab. Fortunately, we give you several ways to revise the words from our 11+ vocabulary course, from online tools to interactive conversation prompts.
So, how can you revise the words from our 11+ vocab course? Let’s find out!
If you’re searching for the quickest and easiest way to revise, try your Quizlet app access (it comes free with every course!). Each vocabulary lesson has an accompanying Quizlet that features all the words and their definitions. The best part? You can play these games on a computer, tablet or smartphone, so it’s never been easier to revise!
Some Quizlet games include online leaderboards where your child can compete against their classmates to reach the top. This friendly competition could be just the thing to bring out your child’s inner wordsmith.
Here’s a bonus: you’ll have continued access to Quizlet even after the vocab course ends. That means your child can refresh their vocabulary skills whenever they need to.
Throughout our vocabulary classes, your child will be assigned online matching and fill-in-the-blanks quizzes to reinforce their learning. Often, there are more quizzes than we have time for, so during the week, students can complete the ones they missed or re-do others to improve their scores.
Get creative! Encourage your child to showcase their newly acquired vocabulary by forming sentences with words from their session. Not only does sentence practice reinforce their understanding, but it also helps with retention.
If your child’s suffering from a bit of writer’s block, you can find a plethora of example sentences from websites such as Wordhippo and Wordsmyth. Reading those may inspire your child to come up with a few sentences of their own.
By the way, if your child’s sentences are eerily similar to the sentences you read online, don’t worry for now. Going through the process of recalling and adapting the example sentence will still help your child with retention.
If the activities above aren’t for you, turn to good old-fashioned oral testing. Channel your inner Alex Trebek (that’s an American Jeopardy! reference for the Brits) by giving answers, i.e. the definitions, and getting your child to supply the questions (“What is ‘perilous’?”).
Create a vocab revision quiz on the spot by reading out a definition and asking your child to identify the word you defined.
To make things a little easier, you can supply other words from the vocabulary course to make the questions multiple choice.If your child’s having difficulty recalling their new vocabulary, check for clues on their class worksheets – they’re there to jog your child’s memory. Still having trouble? Try reading out an example sentence from the worksheet as a further clue; just remember to omit the word you’re testing!
When you combine the teaching from our 11+ vocab course with a range of revision techniques, your child’s vocabulary is sure to soar. Let the journey to word mastery begin!
