How to improve general knowledge?

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Akiko
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How to improve general knowledge?

Post by Akiko »

General knowledge is often needed in order to answer some of the VR, Comprehension and the Interview for the 11+ I wonder if there are any books that could help the children.
yoyo123
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

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reading, watching television, going to interesting places all these will help. Maybe a quiz game orbook ( make sure it is up to date though!)
hermanmunster
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

Post by hermanmunster »

chat about "today in parliament" around the kitchen table,
have a look at the newspaper together,
watch some of the historical clips on pathe news,
get a large world map and try language / capital / head of state spotting.
KS10
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

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You could subscribe to FirstNews, a newspaper for children.
999 mum
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

Post by 999 mum »

KS10 wrote:You could subscribe to FirstNews, a newspaper for children.
and/or watch Newsround (I still think of it as John Craven's) on CBBC.
pheasantchick
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

Post by pheasantchick »

also one show and countryfile

(Also think of it as John Craven's Newsround. I remember when it began! :oops: )
yoyo123
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

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sorry pheasant chick..tried to quote your post and ended up deleting part of it :oops: :oops:

hope it's back to normal..

:oops:
la boume
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

Post by la boume »

We use kid's quizes, i have a spiral type one, called Flip Quiz. There are several different titles in this series. Also The Big Book of Knowledge, a big puzzle with countries and capitals, and Who wants to be a Millionaire? There are lots of general knowledge questions in the First Aid English book, but sometimes the info is outdated.
yoyo123
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

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my friend uses Flip Quiz with her year 4 class, they love playing it
pheasantchick
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Re: How to improve general knowledge?

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I'm curious - what comment were you going to make after quoting it?
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