Simple explanations for the things children get stuck on. Written for the parent thinking “How do I explain this?” — free, no revision plans, no scare stories, nothing to buy.
01–05 · Fractions → Percentages → FDP → Division → Negative numbers
Start with a pizza. The bottom number is how many pieces, the top is how many you have.
02Percent means out of 100. Start with £100, then shrink it.
03½, 0.5 and 50% are the same amount in three different languages.
04Estimate first, then one small decision at a time. Check with multiplication.
05Start with a thermometer. They already understand it — they just haven't connected it to maths.
06–08 · Ratio → Algebra → Word problems
Orange squash. One part squash to four parts water — that's a ratio.
07The letter is a mystery box with a number inside. They've been doing this for years.
08What do I know? What do I need? What could I do? Three questions, not keyword-hunting.
09–15 · Comprehension → Inference → Evidence → Sentences → Grammar → VR → NVR
Close the book and ask what it was about. Reading the words isn't the same as understanding them.
10The writer leaves clues. Clue plus thinking equals inference.
11Your answer is what you think. Evidence is what in the text made you think it.
12One question at a time. They choose the words, you supply the prompts.
13The parent version, in four lines. Labels describe jobs words are doing.
14Thinking with words. Relationships, patterns and vocabulary — not a school subject.
15One question does most of the work: what's changing?
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Written by Zee, founder of mindblaze — a parent who built a learning app after watching his own son come to dread practice papers. MindBlaze is ten minutes of daily practice in maths, English and reasoning. Have a look if it sounds useful.
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