
Introduce your child to early grammatical terminology through modules that teach specific techniques, supported by multiple at-home resources to build diverse memory pathways and a relaxed learning environment.
Explore nouns—abstract, proper, collective, and common—with examples and capitalization rules. Practice with activities like constructing sentences using two proper nouns, a Ludo-style noun game, and I-spy prompts.
Explains how adjectives describe nouns and transform imagery—from color and age to mood—through activities like snakes and ladders and alphabet adjective challenges.
Explore verbs as doing words and adverbs that transform meaning, with vivid examples like sleeping restlessly and walking confidently, and learn through playful games that boost recall.
Explore prefixes and suffixes that change word meaning, with examples like illegal, unhappy, anti-clockwise, jumper, musical, and practice through word-building, word searches, and games such as Pictionary and Ludo.
Define prepositions as the position of something, with examples like in, on, behind, near, and under. Use games such as snakes and ladders to practice completing sentences with prepositions.
Explore similes and metaphors by comparing with like and as, learning how to show rather than tell, with board games, five-minute challenges, and a pairs game to reinforce understanding.
Express gratitude to learners for completing the course and invite parents to receive maths and English ideas, plus a link to primary school parent membership via Clara James tutoring.co.uk.
I can still remember one of my kids walking out of school one day, brimming with pride, and declaring that they had been learning about onomatopoeia. At the time, I had no idea what onomatopoeia even meant (and this was before Google was at our fingertips). It felt overwhelming. These terms—words I’d never heard of—suddenly seemed essential for helping them with their homework. I found myself wishing there was a straightforward way to learn these terms without feeling like I needed to go back to school myself.
This course is designed to help parents like you by introducing some of the most commonly used grammatical terms taught in primary education. Whether it’s nouns, verbs, similes, or metaphors, understanding these terms will make supporting your child much easier and more enjoyable.
To make this even more practical, the course includes over 25 downloadable resources to help you actively support your child’s learning. When I studied learning styles and neurodiversity, I discovered something powerful: giving a child just one way to learn something creates a single memory. But by offering a variety of resources and approaches, you help them build multiple neuropathways. This makes it much easier for them to recall information when they need it most.
(PS. Onomatopoeia is a word which reflects the sound it makes: bang, crash, buzz, etc)